EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum'(LIBEPS)

Distribution details in Estonia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2017
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present only in some parts of the Member State concerned (2020-09)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/035) : first found in September 2017 in carrot fields in the municipality of Saue (haplotype C).

From NPPO (2018): during the 2016 official survey, ware potato tubers were tested and all samples were negative. In 2017, the official survey confirmed the presence of L. solanacearum (haplotype C) in Trioza apicalis collected from 1 carrot field. No eradication measures were applied.

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/226) : detected in Trioza urticae trapped in potato fields in 2019 and 2020.
References
* NPPO of Estonia (2017-11, 2018-02, 2019-10, 2020-09).