EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus'(LIBEAS)

Distribution details in Colombia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2015
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/062) : 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' detected for the first time in 2015 in specimens of Diaphorina citri collected from 2 municipalities (Distracción and Fonseca) of the La Guajira department. Under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/076) : also present in the departments of Atlántico, Bolívar, Cesar, La Guajira, Magdalena and Norte de Santander. A pest-free area is established in the Suroeste de Antioquia.
References
* Chaves-Sierra C, Rodriguez-Cruz MC, Mejia-Alvarado FS, Ramírez-Higuera C, Mejía-Eslava A, Romero HM (2024) Identification of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’, the Huanglongbing Bacterium, in Citrus from Colombia. Plant Disease 108(5), 1169-1173.

* INTERNET
- Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario. Resolución No.102579 (03/08/2021) Por la cual se declara la región del Suroeste de Antioquia como área libre de HLB de los cítricos ocasionado por Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus y se establecen las medidas fitosanitarias para su mantenimiento. https://www.ica.gov.co/getattachment/6862a3b3-279c-4db7-802c-2be32bb1112b/2021R102579.aspx
- Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario. Resolución No.102579 (03/08/2021) “Por la cual se declara la región del Suroeste de Antioquia como área libre de HLB de los cítricos ocasionado por Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus y se establecen las medidas fitosanitarias para su mantenimiento” . https://www.ica.gov.co/getattachment/6862a3b3-279c-4db7-802c-2be32bb1112b/2021R102579.aspx
- Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario. Resolución 2390 de 2015. Diario Oficial No. 49.723 de 11 de diciembre de 2015. http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/col151548.pdf
- Gobernación de Antioquia. República de Colombia. http://antioquia.gov.co/index.php/component/k2/item/290-cultivos-de-c%C3%ADtricos-en-alerta
- ProMed posting (no. 20160209.4005503) of 2016-02-09. Huanglongbing, citrus – Colombia: (LG). http://www.promedmail.org/post/4005503

* Wang Y, Kondo T, He Y, Zhou Z, Lu J (2021) Genome sequence resource of 'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus' from Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae) in Colombia. Plant Disease 105(1), 193-195.
------- Genome sequence of the strain isolated from D. citri (itself collected from shoots of Citrus latifolia in the municipality of Dibulla, Vereda Palomino, La Guajira department).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Brazil Santa Catarina Present, restricted distribution view...
Brazil Sao Paulo Present, widespread view...
Brazil Minas Gerais Present, widespread view...
Brazil Present, restricted distribution view...
Brazil Parana Present, widespread view...
Brazil Bahia Present, few occurrences view...
Panama Present, restricted distribution view...
Venezuela Present, restricted distribution view...