EPPO Global Database

Monilinia fructicola(MONIFC)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2006
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, restricted distribution (2011-06).
From CABI Disease map 050 (1999): Absent, unreliable record
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2006/049) : isolated outbreak at two adjacent localites in Cataluña and Aragón, under official control.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/182) : also found in March 2003 in orchards in Cataluña approximately 30 km south of the initial findings.

From NPPO (2011-01): M. fructicola has been detected in several orchards in Aragón, Cataluña and Extremadura in 2010, damage is very low.

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/127) : detected in Andalucia in summer 2011 on Prunus salicina.
References
* Arroyo FT, Camacho M, Daza A (2012) First report of fruit rot on plum caused by Monilinia fructicola at Alcalá del Río (Seville), Southwestern Spain. Plant Disease 96(4), p 590.

* CABI/EPPO distribution map no. 50 (1999)
------- The CABI/EPPO distribution map cites an unconfirmed record for Spain, but the source of this record has not been traced, and it must be concluded that it is simply an error (as of 1991).

* De Cal A, Gell I, Usall J, Viñas I, Melgarejo P (2009) First report of brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola in peach orchards in Ebro Valley, Spain. Plant Disease 93(7), p 763.

* Herb. IMI (1978).

* NPPO of Spain (2006-03, 2011-01, 2011-06).

* Petroćzy M, Palkovics L (2006) First report of brown rot caused by Monilinia fructicola on imported peach in Hungary. Plant Disease 90(3), p 375.

* Torres R, Larena I, Gomez M, Melgarejo P, Teixido N, De Cal A (2024) Perfil de resistencia a fungicidas de une poblacion de aislados de Monilinia fructicola en huertos comerciales de melocoton y nectarina del Valle del Ebro. Phytoma-Espana no. 355, 41-44.
------- Studies on fungicide resistance of fungal isolates from the Valle del Ebro (75% of the isolates are susceptible - 25% tolerant or resistant to fluopiram, piraclostrobin, and 1 isolate resistant to ciprodinil).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Portugal Absent, confirmed by survey view...