EPPO Global Database

Fusarium xylarioides(GIBBXY)

Distribution details in Congo

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Absent, pest no longer present
From CABI Disease map 464 (2005): Present, no details
References
* Steyaert RL (1948) Contribution a l'étude des parasites des vegetaux du Congo Belge. Bulletin de la Société Royale de Botanique du Belgique, 80, 11-58.

* Zhang XH, Peck L D, Flood J, Ryan MJ, Barraclough TG (2023) Temperature contributes to host specialization of coffee wilt disease (Fusarium xylarioides) on arabica and robusta coffee crops. Scientific Reports 13(6). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-36474-w
-------- Consider that the disease only occurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Tanzania and Uganda. Past records in other African countries have either been eradicated or were mis-identifications.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Angola Absent, pest no longer present view...
Cameroon Absent, pest no longer present view...
Central African Republic Absent, pest no longer present view...
Gabon Absent, pest no longer present view...