EPPO Global Database

Phyllosticta citricarpa(GUIGCI)

Distribution details in Greece

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Absent, confirmed by survey
Comments
Guarnaccia et al. (2017) isolated P. paracitricarpa from citrus leaf litter in Greece. According to EFSA (2018), these findings were not confirmed by the NPPO.

According to van Ingen-Buijs et al. (2024), P. paracitricarpa is a synonym of P. citricarpa.
References
* EFSA Panel on Plant Health (EFSA PLH Panel) et al. (2018) Evaluation of a paper by Guarnaccia et al.(2017) on the first report of Phyllosticta citricarpa in Europe. EFSA Journal 16(1), e05114. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2018.5114

* EU Directive 2000/29 lists Guignardia citricarpa (all strains pathogenic to citrus) as not known to occur in the EU.

* Guarnaccia V, Groenewald JZ, Li H, Glienke C, Carstens E, Hattingh V, Fourie PH Crous PW (2017) First report of Phyllosticta citricarpa and description of two new species, P. paracapitalensis and P. paracitricarpa, from citrus in Europe. Studies in mycology, 87(1), 161-185. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.simyco.2017.05.003

* van Ingen-Buijs VA, van Westerhoven AC, Skiadas P, Zuijdgeest XC, Haridas S, Daum C, Duffy K, Gui J, Hundley H, LaButti K, Lipzen A, Pangilinan J, Riley R, Wang J, Yan M, Martin F, Barry K, Grigoriev IV, Groenewald JZ, Crous PW, Seidl MF (2024) Phyllosticta paracitricarpa is synonymous with the EU quarantine fungus P. citricarpa based on phylogenomic analyses. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 175, 103925. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2024.103925
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Albania Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Türkiye Absent, confirmed by survey view...