EPPO Global Database

Geosmithia morbida(GEOHMO)

Distribution details in United States of America (Virginia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 1158 (2014): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
First found in June 2011 in Chesterfield county, and then in Henrico county.
References
* Griffin GJ (2015) Status of thousand cankers disease on eastern black walnut in the eastern United States at two locations over 3 years. Forest Pathology 45, 203–214. doi:10.1111/efp.12154

* INTERNET
VirginiaTech. Virginia Cooperative Extension. Walnut Thousand Cankers Disease Alert by MA Hansen, E Bush, E Day, G Griffin & N Dart. http://www.thousandcankers.com/media/docs/VT_TCD_Factsheet_7_2011.pdf

* 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.