EPPO Global Database

Neopestalotiopsis rosae(NPESRS)

Distribution details in Italy (Sicilia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2021
From CABI Disease map 1334 (2023): Present, restricted distribution
References
* Aiello D, Gusella G, Leonardi GR, Polizzi G, Voglmayr H (2024) Bottlebrush and Myrtle twig canker caused by Neopestalotiopsis species: an emerging canker-causing group of fungi in Italy. MycoKeys 106, 133-151.
------- detected during a survey conducted in September 2021 in a nursery in Catania (eastern Sicily) on Callistemon viminalis, Luma apiculata, Myrtus communis.