EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus'(LIBEAS)

Distribution details in Japan (Kyushu)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2005: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 766 (2012): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2006/084) : present in islands forming part of Kagoshima prefecture (administratively belonging to Kuyshu).
References
* Dai K, Ikeshiro T, Matsuura T, Kimura S, Hamagami A, Fujiwara Y, Kobashigawa Y, Miyakuni S (2005) [Investigation of host range of Candidatus Liberobacter asiaticum – Is Murraya paniculata a host plant of Candidatus L. asiaticum?] Research Bulletin of the Plant Protection Service no. 41, 53-57 (abstract).