EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus'(LIBEEU)

Distribution details in New Zealand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, no details
Comments
Observed in November 2011Causing symptoms on invasive Cytisus scoparius In the Canterbury region (mid-South Island)
References
Thompson S, Fletcher JD, Zeibell H, Beard S, Panda P, Jorgensen N, Fowler SV, Liefting LW, Berry N, Pitman AR (2013) First report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter europaeus’ associated with psyllid infested Scotch broom. New Disease Reports 27:6
------- First report, detected in Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) as well as in the broom psyllid (Arytainilla spartiophila) that was introduced for the biological control of broom