EPPO Global Database

Pseudocercospora fijiensis(MYCOFI)

Distribution details in Trinidad and Tobago

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2003
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: subject to official control (2012-09)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/160) : found in several areas since 2003 in Trinidad.

From NPPO (2012): in December 2011 it was found to be widespread in Tobago.
References
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Trinidad and Tobago. Report of Black Sigatoka disease in bananas in Tobago (2012-09-27). https://www.ippc.int/index.php

* Promed posting of 2004-08-12. Black Sigatoka, Banana – Trinidad and Tobago. http://www.promedmail.org