EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Liberibacter africanus'(LIBEAF)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Absent, confirmed by survey
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/124) : intensive surveys conducted in the areas where T. erytreae is present (Galicia, Islas Canarias) confirmed the absence of huanglongbing in Spain.
References
* Siverio F, Marco-Noales E, Bertolini E, Teresani GR, Peñalver J, Mansilla P, Aguín O, Pérez-Otero R, Abelleira A, Guerra-García A, Hernández E, Cambra M, López MM (2017) Survey of huanglongbing associated with ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ species in Spain: analyses of citrus plants and Trioza erytreae. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 56(1), 98-110.