Melampsora medusae(MELMME)
Distribution details in France
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2018: Present, few occurrences
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, at low prevalence (2018-03)
From CABI Disease map 547 (1991): Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, at low prevalence (2018-03)
From CABI Disease map 547 (1991): Present, restricted distribution
Recorded in the southwest over 30 years, but very intermittently (NPPO, 1993).
According to Dr Pinon, M. medusae is no longer detected in France.
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/035) : an outbreak was detected in December 2013 in a nursery in the department of Gers (Aquitaine region). Surveys are being carried out.
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/112) : an outbreak was was detected in October 2017 in a nursery in the department of Gers (Aquitaine region). The incidence of the disease was very low.
According to Dr Pinon, M. medusae is no longer detected in France.
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/035) : an outbreak was detected in December 2013 in a nursery in the department of Gers (Aquitaine region). Surveys are being carried out.
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/112) : an outbreak was was detected in October 2017 in a nursery in the department of Gers (Aquitaine region). The incidence of the disease was very low.
* Anonymous (2014) Découverte de Melampsora medusae dans une pépinière en Aquitaine. Lettre du DSF n°49, 11-12.
* Hennebert GL (1964) L'identification des rouilles du peuplier. Agricultura 12, 661-670.
------- Found in the South of France and Spain.
* Husson C, Ioos R, Andrieux A, Frey P (2013) Development and use of new sensitive molecular tools for diagnosis and detection of Melampsora rusts on cultivated poplar. Forest Pathology 43, 1-11.
------ Confirms that M. medusae f.sp. deltoidae is no longer detected in France.
* NPPO of France (1993, 2018-03).
* Personal communication with Dr Jean Pinon (INRA Nancy, FR, 2005-07).
* Hennebert GL (1964) L'identification des rouilles du peuplier. Agricultura 12, 661-670.
------- Found in the South of France and Spain.
* Husson C, Ioos R, Andrieux A, Frey P (2013) Development and use of new sensitive molecular tools for diagnosis and detection of Melampsora rusts on cultivated poplar. Forest Pathology 43, 1-11.
------ Confirms that M. medusae f.sp. deltoidae is no longer detected in France.
* NPPO of France (1993, 2018-03).
* Personal communication with Dr Jean Pinon (INRA Nancy, FR, 2005-07).
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | Absent, confirmed by survey | ||
| Spain | Absent, unreliable record |