EPPO Global Database

Globodera rostochiensis(HETDRO)

Distribution details in Egypt

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 778 (1999): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/169) : found in samples collected from El-Nobarria in the El-Behera governorate. There had been some unconfirmed reports of G. rostochiensis in the past, but the paper from Ibrahim et al. (2017) is the first confirmed record of the pest in Egypt.
References
* Ibrahim IKA, Handoo ZA, Basyony ABA (2017) The cyst nematodes Heterodera and Globodera species in Egypt. Pakistan Journal of Nematology 35(2), 151-154.
------- First confirmed report.

* IAPSC (1979) Fourteenth General Meeting of the Interafrican Phytosanitary Council, Cairo, Egypt, 22-27 November, 1978, 134 pp.

* USDA (1985) Pests not known to occur in the United States or of limited distribution. No. 68. Golden nematode, Globodera rostochiensis. USDA APHIS-PPQ, Beltsville, USA.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Israel Absent, pest eradicated view...
Libya Present, no details view...