EPPO Global Database

Globodera rostochiensis(HETDRO)

Distribution details in Costa Rica

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1999: Absent, pest no longer present
From CABI Disease map 778 (1999): Absent, pest no longer present
From NPPO: Absent, pest no longer present
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (99/125): only found in an old survey (1973). More recent surveys (1981, 1984/1985, 1988, 1989, 1995/1997, 1998) have failed to detect the nematode.

Confirmed by CPPC Circular Letter No. 1/00.
References
* Brodie BB (1998) In: Potato cyst nematodes: biology, distribution and control [Ed. by Marks RJ, Brodie BB], 317-331. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.
------- Found free from potato cyst nematodes by an international panel of experts.

* NPPO of Costa Rica, 1999-06.

* Ramirez A (1979) Agronomia Costarricense 3 (1), 13-20.
------- G. rostochiensis was found in a survey of farms in the region north of Cartago during 1972-74 but not during 1975-77.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Panama Present, no details view...