EPPO Global Database

Globodera pallida(HETDPA)

Distribution details in Cyprus

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2009: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, in specific parts of the Member State where host crop(s) are grown (2019-10)
From CABI Disease map 777 (2011): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1990/06) , EPPO Reporting Service (1990/06) (data from FAO Plant Protection Bulletin).

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/014) : widespread in Famagusta District, and at a lesser extent in Larnaca district and in Paphos district. First found in Nicosia district in May 2019.
References
* Christophorou M, Papayiannis L, Tsaltas D, Neophytou G, Ioannou N (2009) Identification of potato cyst nematodes in Cyprus using RT-PCR. Phytopathology Mediterranea 48(2), p 331.
------- G. pallida is more frequently detected that G. rostochiensis.

* NPPO of Cyprus (2019-10)

* Philis J (1981) Nematologia Mediterranea 9 (1), 57-61.

* Zaheer K, Fleming C, Turner S J, Philis J (1996) Genetic variation and pathotype response in potato cyst-nematodes from Cyprus. Nematologia Mediterranea 24(2), 161-167.