EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum'(LIBEPS)

Distribution details in Lebanon

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Absent, unreliable record
From CABI Disease map 1098 (2024): Present, no details
Comments
Listed in CABI Map based on Monger & Jeffries (2018) who detected the pest in carrot seeds from Lebanon, held at Kew, London. No further record was found, and therefore considered absent here.
References
* Monger WA, Jeffries CJ (2018) A survey of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ in historical seed from collections of carrot and related Apiaceae species. European Journal of Plant Pathology 150(3), 803-815.
------- note in CABI Map: from wild carrot seeds collected by and held at Kew, London.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Israel Present, restricted distribution view...