EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum'(LIBEPS)

Distribution details in Mexico

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1990s
From CABI Disease map 1098 (2016): Present, no details
Comments
Detected on potato, tomato and capsicum; in the States of Coahuila, Novo Leon, Mexico, Sinaloa.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/089) : symptoms of 'Zebra chip' have been observed since 1994 (near Saltillo, state of Coahuila). The presence of L. psylaurous was confirmed in 2009. It occurs in Coahuila and Nuevo Leon.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/082) : on tomato and capsicum fields in Sinaloa state.
References
* Biosecurity Australia (2009) Draft pest risk analysis report for ‘Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous’ in fresh fruit, potato tubers, nursery stock and its vector the tomato-potato psyllid. Biosecurity Australia, Canberra, 110 pp. http://www.daff.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/1108691/Candidatus_Liberibacter_psyllaurous_draft_PRA_20090506.pdf

* Ling KS, Lin H, Lexis Ivey ML, Shang W, Miller SA (2011) First report of 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum' naturally infecting tomatoes in the state of Mexico, Mexico. Plant Disease 95(8), 1026-1027.
------- On glasshouse tomatoes at Jocotitlan, State of Mexico.

* Munyaneza JE, Sengoda VG, Crosslin JM, de la Rosa-Lozano G, Sanchez A (2009) First report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous’ in potato tubers with Zebra Chip disease in Mexico. Plant Disease 93(5), p 552.

* Munyaneza JE, Sengoda VG, Crosslin JM, Garzón-Tiznado JA, Cardenas-Valenzuela OG (2009) First report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ in pepper plants in Mexico. Plant Disease 93(10), p 1076.

* Munyaneza JE, Sengoda VG, Crosslin JM, Garzón-Tiznado JA, Cardenas-Valenzuela OG (2009) First report of ‘Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum’ in tomato plants in Mexico. Plant Disease 93(10), p 1076.

* Rojas-Martinez RI, Camacho-Tapia M, Zavaleta-Mejia E, Lévy J (2016) First report of the presence of haplotypes A and B of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum in chili (Capsicum annuum L.) in the central region of Mexico. Journal of Plant Pathology 98(1), 111-115.

* Swisher KD, Munyaneza JE, Velasquez-Valle R, Mena-Covarrubias J (2018) Detection of pathogens associated with psyllids and leafhoppers in Capsicum annuum L. in the Mexican states of Durango, Zacatecas, and Michoacan. Plant Disease 102(1), 146-153.
------- Durango, Zacatecas, and Michoacan.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Guatemala Present, no details view...
United States of America Kansas Present, no details view...
United States of America Wyoming Present, no details view...
United States of America North Dakota Absent, unreliable record view...
United States of America Nevada Present, no details view...
United States of America New Mexico Present, no details view...
United States of America Washington Present, no details view...
United States of America Arizona Present, no details view...
United States of America California Present, no details view...
United States of America Nebraska Present, no details view...
United States of America Texas Present, no details view...
United States of America Montana Absent, unreliable record view...
United States of America Utah Absent, unreliable record view...
United States of America Present, restricted distribution view...
United States of America Oregon Present, no details view...
United States of America Colorado Present, no details view...
United States of America Idaho Present, no details view...