EPPO Global Database

Mespilus germanica(MSPGE)

Pests

Organism Type
Ceratitis capitata (CERTCA) Host
* Liquido NJ, McQuate GT, Hanlin MA, Suiter KA (2020) Host plants of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), Version 4.0. Available online at: USDA Compendium of Fruit Fly Host Information (CoFFHI), https://coffhi.cphst.org/
Chondrostereum purpureum (STERPU) Host
* Bishop GC (1978) Studies on silver leaf disease of stone and pome fruit trees (Doctoral dissertation, Adelaide, Australia), 155 pp. https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/20649/2/02whole.pdf
Erwinia amylovora (ERWIAM) Host
* Bobev SG, Maes M, van Vaerenbergh J, Tahzima R (2010) Fire blight spread in Bulgaria and characteristics of the pathogen Erwinia amylovora. Acta Horticulturae no. 896, 133-140.

* Giorgi S, Scortichini M (2005) Molecular characterization of Erwinia amylovora strains from different host plants through RFLP analysis and sequencing of hrpN and dspA/E genes. Plant Pathology 54, 789-798.

* Taylor RK, Guilford PJ, Clark RG, Hale CN, Forster RLS (2001) Detection of Erwinia amylovora in plant material using novel polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 29, 35-43.

* Van der Zwet, Keil HL (1979) Fire blight: a bacterial disease of rosaceous Plants. USDA Handbook no. 510. USDA, Washington (US), 200 p.
Gymnosporangium clavipes (as Mespilus) (GYMNCL) Host
Hop stunt viroid (HSVD00) Host
* Oksal HD (2024) Medlar (Mespilus germanica), a novel natural host for Hop stunt viroid (HSVd). Plant Protection Science. https://doi.org/10.17221/93/2023-PPS
------- Detected in symptomless samples collected in 2021 from a fruit-tree collection orchard in Malatya province, Turkey.
Lopholeucaspis japonica (LOPLJA) Host
* Moghaddam M (2013) An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data. Zookeys 334, 1-92.
Malacosoma americanum (as Rosaceae) (MALAAM) Host
Naupactus xanthographus (NAUPXA) Host
* Biosecurity Australia (2005) Revised Draft Import Risk Analysis Report for Table Grapes from Chile. Part B. Commonwealth of Australia. Australian Government, available at: https://www.agriculture.gov.au/biosecurity/risk-analysis/plant/tablegrapes-chile
Margarodes vitis (as Rosaceae) (MARGVI) Wild/Weed
* Giliomee J, de Klerk C & Watson GW (2022) 3.3.4 Margarodes spp. In: Encyclopedia of Scale Insect Pests (Eds Kondo T & Watson GW), pp. 69-73. CAB International, Wallingford (UK).