EPPO Global Database

Geosmithia morbida(GEOHMO)

Distribution details in United States of America (North Carolina)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 1158 (2014): Present, restricted distribution
References
* Luna EK, Sitz RA, Cranshaw WS, Tisserat NA (2013) The effect of temperature on survival of Pityophthorus juglandis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae). Environmental Entomology 42(5), 1085-1091.

* Hadziabdic D, Windham M, Baird R, Vito L, Cheng Q, Grant J, Lambdin P, Wiggins G, Windham A, Merten P, Taylor G (2014) First report of Geosmithia morbida in North Carolina: the pathogen involved in Thousand cankers disease of black walnut. Plant Disease 98(7), 992-993.
------- Found in several black walnut trees in a forest setting (Great Smoky Mountains national park in Haywood county).