EPPO Global Database

Phyllosticta citricarpa(GUIGCI)

Distribution details in Ghana

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2009
From CABI Disease map 053 (2012): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/062) : on citrus fruits imported by the United Kingdom (interception).

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/245) : on citrus fruits imported by the United Kingdom (interception).

EPPO Reporting Service (2013/027) : the presence of G. citricarpa was confirmed by surveys carried out in 2009, although symptoms of citrus black spot had been seen 10 years before. Now widespread in the Eastern and Ashanti regions.
References
* Brentu FC, Oduro KA, Offei SK, Odamtten GT, Vicent A, Peres NA, Timmer LW (2012) Crop loss, aetiology, and epidemiology of citrus black spot in Ghana. European Journal of Plant Pathology 133(3), 657-670.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Burkina Faso Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Cote d'Ivoire Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Togo Absent, unreliable record view...