EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum'(LIBEPS)

Distribution details in Portugal

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2017
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, under eradication (2018-05)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/008) : first found in September 2017 in a commercial field of carrots in the municipality of Olho Marinho. Under eradication.

From NPPO (2018): in the framework of a national survey program, the presence of Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum – Haplotype E - was detected in a sample taken from a carrot production field showing suspicious symptoms in the municipality of Pó (also in the Centro region, a few km away from Olho Marinho). Under eradication.
References
* NPPO of Portugal (2018-01, 2018-05).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Spain Islas Canárias Present, restricted distribution view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...