EPPO Global Database

Gymnosporangium asiaticum(GYMNAS)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Absent, intercepted only
Comments
It has occasionally been intercepted on juniper bonsais imported from Japan. All imported material has been destroyed.
References
* FERA (2014) Rapid Pest Risk Analysis for Gymnosporangium asiaticum, 8 pp. https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/pests-and-diseases/uk-plant-health-risk-register/downloadExternalPra.cfm?id=3833
------- Several interceptions made on imported juniper bonsais from Japan (in 1974, 1982 and 2008).

* Henderson DM (2000) Checklist of the Rust Fungi of the British Isles. British Mycological Society, UK.
------- Intercepted on imported Juniperus chinensis bonsai.