'Candidatus Liberibacter africanus'(LIBEAF)
Distribution details in Angola
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2019
First recorded in: 2019
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/196) : first found in 2019 during surveys on huanglongbing. Detected in symptomatic samples which had been collected from a commercial farm near Calulo (2 Citrus reticulata and 3 C. sinensis trees) and in a nursery in Luanda (1 C. aurantifolia tree).
* Fourie P, Kirkman W, Cook G, Steyn C, de Bruyn R, Bester R, Roberts R, DM Bassimba D, José CM, Maree HJ (2020) First report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter africanus’ associated with African greening of citrus in Angola. Plant Disease 105(2), 486. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-06-20-1392-PDN