EPPO Global Database

Globodera rostochiensis(HETDRO)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1961
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some parts of the Member State concerned, under eradication (2021-11)
From CABI Disease map 778 (1999): Present, widespread
Comments
Present in several regions (at least in Apulia, Campania, Emilia-Romagna, Piemonte-Val d'Aosta).

EPPO Reporting Service (2000/077) : in Piemonte-Val d'Aosta, only in mountains and in private gardens.

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/110) : detected in 2010 in Lazio, under official control.

NPPO (2021): during the annual official survey, cysts of Globodera rostochiensis were found in 4 fields intended for the cultivation of seed potatoes in the autonomous Province of Trento (municipality of Comano Terme). Official phytosanitary measures have been adopted in accordance with the Directive 2007/33/EC, including the cultivation ban for the next 6 years.
References
* Anonymous (1999) Bilancio Fitosanitario delle'anno 1999. Informatore Fitopatologico, no 1-2, 5-32 and no 3, 5-38.

* Accorti M, Ambrogioni L (1978) Nematodi Tylenchida parassiti e liberi segnalati in Italia. ISZA, Firenze.

* Bendezu IF, Russell MD, Evans K (1998) Nematologica 44 (6), 667-681.

* Buo G (1961) Un nuovo parassita della patata in Italia. Informatore Fitopatologico 11, 291-293.
------- First record.

* D'Errico FP, Ambrogioni L, Cavalli M (1995) Nematologia Mediterranea, 23 (Suppl.), 39-43.
------- Campania.

* Greco N, D'Addabbo T, Brandonisio A, Elia F (1994) Journal of Nematology 25 (4 Suppl.), 836-842.

* Inserra R, Bene G del, Bleve-Zacheo T, Tarantino L (1972) Informatore Fitopatologico 22 (15/16), 9-12.
------- Surveys in Apulia indicated that G. rostochiensis is present only along the Adriatic coast between Manfredonia and Monopoli. It was not detected from Lucania and Calabria.

* NPPO of Italy (2010-10, 2021-12).

* Riel HR van,Mulder A (1998) In: Potato cyst nematodes: biology, distribution and control [Ed. by Marks RJ, Brodie BB], 271-298. CAB International, Wallingford, UK.

* Tacconi R (1985) Redia 68, 1-15.
------- In Emilia-Romagna.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, widespread view...
France Transient view...
Slovenia Present, restricted distribution view...
Switzerland Present, restricted distribution view...