EPPO Global Database

Hemileia vastatrix(HEMIVA)

Distribution details in United States of America (Hawaii)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2020
Comments
First detected in coffee farms and feral coffee on the island of Maui in February 2020 and subsequently on other islands of the Hawaiian archipelago.
References
* INTERNET
Hawai`i Department of Agriculture (2020) Department of agriculture news release: coffee leaf rust confirmed on Maui and tentatively found on Hawai`i island. https://governor.hawaii.gov/newsroom/department-of-agriculture-news-release-coffee-leaf-rust-confirmed-on-maui-and-tentatively-found-on-hawaii-island/

* Keith L, Matsumoto T, Sugiyama L, Fukada M, Nagai C, Pereira A, Céu Silva M, Varzea V (2023) First report of the physiological race (XXIV) of Hemileia vastatrix (coffee leaf rust) in Hawaii. Plant Disease (early view). https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-23-0460-PDN

* Keith LM, Sugiyama LS, Brill E, Adams BL, Fukada M, Hoffman KM, Ocenar J, Kawabata A, Kong AT, McKemy JM, Olmedo-Velarde A, Melzer MJ (2022) First report of coffee leaf rust caused by Hemileia vastatrix on Coffee (Coffea arabica) in Hawaii. Plant Disease 106(2), p 761. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-21-1072-PDN
------- Maui, Hawaii, Lanai and Ohau.

* Ramírez-Camejo LA, Keith LM, Matsumoto T, Sugiyama L, Fukada M, Brann M, Moffitt A, Liu J, Aime MC (2022) Coffee leaf rust (Hemileia vastatrix) from the recent invasion into Hawaii shares a genotypic relationship with Latin American populations. Journal of Fungi 8(2), 189. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8020189.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Mexico Present, no details view...