EPPO Global Database

Fusarium circinatum(GIBBCI)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2005
Eradication in: 2011
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated (2011-06)
From CABI Disease map 753 (2012): Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2006/104) : found in a group of declining trees of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Pinus spp. at Perpignan (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in 2005. In same year, all trees and stumps uprooted and destroyed. No susceptible species found in the vicinity. Probably eradicated.

EPPO Reporting Service (2008/103) : eradication is officially declared.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/093) : investigations on seed lots imported from the USA led to the discovery of an isolated outbreak on Pseudotsuga menziesii in the Vosges department. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/034) : found again in 2009 in 2 nurseries in Western France (Côtes d’Armor, Vendée) in connection with the import of a suspect Pinus radiata seed lot; under eradication.

In 2011, the NPPO declared the successful eradication of the pathogen.
References
* Chapin, E.; Chauvel, G. (2007) PHM Revue Horticole No. 490, 40-44.
------- Detected 2006 near Perpignan.

* NPPO of France (2006-06, 2008-02, 2009-02, 2009-12, 2011-06).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Germany Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Italy Absent, pest eradicated view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...