EPPO Global Database

Fusarium xylarioides(GIBBXY)

Distribution details in South Africa

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
* Anon. (1989) Information Bulletin - Citrus and Subtropical Fruit Research Institute No. 205, 13.

* 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.