EPPO Global Database

Pseudocercospora fijiensis(MYCOFI)

Distribution details in Brazil (Bahia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2015
Comments
Considered present by Storrer & Costa (2009) but absent by Cordeiro et al. (2012).

Presence confirmed in September 2015 in the municipality of Cruz das Almas (Ramos et al., 2018).
References
* Cordeiro ZJM, Pires de Matos A (2012) Situaçao da Sigatoka-negra da bananeira no Brasil. Proceedings of the XXII Congresso Brasileiro de Fruticultura (Bento Bonçalves, BR, 2012-10-22/26).
------- Considered as absent.

* Ramos JB, Bragança CAD, rocha LS, de Oliveria A, Cordeiro ZJM, Haddad F (2018) First report of Black Sigatoka of banana caused by Mycosphaerella fijiensis in Bahia Brazil. Plant Disease 102(10), p 2035.

* Storrer RS, Costa MVCG (2009) [Sigatoka negra in culture of banana]. Proceedings of the VIII Congresso de Iniciaçao Cientifica (Ourinhos, BR, 2009-11-09/13), 16 pp (in Portuguese).
http://fio.edu.br/cic/anais/2009_viii_cic/Artigos/02/02.11.pdf
------- Considered as present.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bolivia Present, no details view...
Colombia Present, no details view...
French Guiana Present, no details view...
Guyana Present, no details view...
Peru Present, no details view...
Suriname Absent, unreliable record view...
Venezuela Present, no details view...