EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum'(LIBEPS)

Distribution details in Germany

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, few occurrences
From CABI Disease map 1098 (1098): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/165) : first found in 2014 in commercial carrot fields in Niedersachsen.

NPPO: surveys conducted in 2016 detected the bacterium in carrot fields in Niedersachsen. . In 2020, the haplotypes of samples from 2016 were identified as haplotype C.
‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ is a regulated non-quarantine pest for potato seed.
References
* Munyaneza JE, Swisher KD, Hommes M, Willhauck A, Buck H, Meadow R (2015) First report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ associated with psyllid-infested carrots in Germany. Plant Disease 99(9), p 1269.

* Sauer J, Dewert A, Fornefeld E, Götz M (2024) Influence of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ infection on carrot root weight in Germany. European Journal of Plant Pathology 169, 219-232.
------- no influence on infection of crop.

* NPPO of Germany (2016-10, 2022-03).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, restricted distribution view...
Belgium Present, restricted distribution view...
France Present, few occurrences view...
Netherlands Absent, confirmed by survey view...