EPPO Global Database

Pelargonium x hortorum(PELZO)

Pests

Organism Type
Anulavirus PZSV (as Pelargonium) (PZSV00) Host
Cacyreus marshalli (as Pelargonium) (CACYMA) Host
* Lupi D, Jucke C (2005) The butterfly Cacyreus marshalli in northern Italy and susceptibility of commercial cultivars of Pelargonium. Poster at: Introduction and Spread of Invasive Species 9–11 June 2005. Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Chloridea virescens (HELIVI) Host
* Cranshaw WS (2020) Tobacco (Geranium) Budworm. Fact Sheet 5.581. Colorado State University Extension. Available at: extension.colostate.edu

* Landolt PJ (2008) New geographic records for tobacco budworm, Heliothis virescens (Fabricius) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in the Pacific Northwest. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 84(3), 246-248.

* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1091. Pest risk analysis for Chloridea virescens. EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/HELIVI/documents
------- Main host (evidence that the plant supports populations of the pest in several generations or years, i.e. true hosts, or plant mentioned as common or preferred host – see PRA for further details on the host)
Chrysodeixis eriosoma (as Pelargonium) (CHRXER) Host
Curtovirus betae (BCTV00) Host
* Severin HHP, Freitag JH (1934) Ornamental flowering plant naturally infected with curly-top and aster-yellows viruses. Hilgardia 8(8), 233-260.
Epichoristodes acerbella (as Pelargonium) (EPIOIO) Host
Erwinia chrysanthemi (as Pelargonium) (ERWICH) Host
Graphocephala atropunctata (GRCPAT) Host
* Delong D, Severin H (1949) Characters, distribution, and food plants of leafhopper vectors of virus causing Pierce’s disease of grapevines. Hilgardia 19, 171-186.
Nepovirus nicotianae (TRSV00) Host
* Kemp WG (1967) Natural occurrence of tobacco ringspot virus in Pelargonium in Ontario. Canadian Journal of Plant Science 47, 295-300.
------- As Pelargonium hortorum cv. Mme Salleron
Nepovirus nicotianae (as Pelargonium) (TRSV00) Host
* Schoen R, de Krom CE, Westenberg M, Botermans M, van Bruggen AS, Meekes ET, Didden L, Hooftman M, Roenhorst JW (2024) Findings of tobacco ringspot virus in ornamentals in the Netherlands from 1997 to 2020 indicate a need for evaluation of its European Union quarantine status. European Journal of Plant Pathology. (early view) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-024-02957-3.
Orgyia leucostigma (HEMELE) Host
* Heppner JB (2003) Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Volume 17 of Arthropods of Florida and neighboring land areas. Division of Plant Industry. Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Gainesville, Florida. 670 pp
Orthotospovirus iridimaculaflavi (IYSV00) Host
Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis (as Pelargonium) (PUCCPZ) Host
Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum (RALSPS) Host
* Rossato, M, Santiago TR, Mizubuti ESG, Lopes CA (2017) Characterization and pathogenicity to geranium of Brazilian strains of Ralstonia spp.. Tropical Plant Pathology 42, 458–467 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40858-017-0177-x

* Weibel J, Tran TM, Bocsanczy AM, Daughtrey M, Norman DJ, Mejia L, Allen C (2016) A Ralstonia solanacearum strain from Guatemala infects diverse flower crops, including new asymptomatic hosts vinca and sutera, and causes symptoms in geranium, mandevilla vine, and new host African daisy (Osteospermum ecklonis). Plant Health Progress 17, 114-121
Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum (as Pelargonium) (RALSPS) Host
* Rossato, M, Santiago TR, Mizubuti ESG, Lopes CA (2017) Characterization and pathogenicity to geranium of Brazilian strains of Ralstonia spp.. Tropical Plant Patholology 42(6), 458–467

* Santiago TR, Lopes CA, Caetano-Anollés G and Mizubutia ESG (2017) Phylotype and sequevar variability of Ralstonia solanacearum in Brazil, an ancient centre of diversity of the pathogen. Plant Pathology 66,383–392

* Yahiaoui N, Chéron J-J, Ravelomanantsoa S, Hamza AA., Petrousse B, Jeetah R, Jaufeerally-Fakim Y, Félicité J, Fillâtre J, Hostachy B, Guérin F, Cellier G, Prior P, Poussier S (2017) Genetic Diversity of the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex in the Southwest Indian Ocean Islands. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 2139
Ralstonia solanacearum (RALSSL) Host
* Ji P, Allen C, Sanchez Perez A, Yao J, Elphinstone JG, Jones JB and Momol MT (2007) New diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum strains associated with vegetable and ornamental crops in Florida. Plant Disease 91:195-203.
Ralstonia solanacearum (as Pelargonium) (RALSSL) Host
* Hong JC, Norman DJ, Reed DL, Momol MT and Jones JB (2012) Diversity among Ralstonia  solanacearum  strains  isolated  from  the  southeastern United States. Phytopathology 102, 924-936.

* N'Guessan CA, Brisse S, Le Roux-Nio A-C, Poussier S, Koné D, Wicker E (2013) Development of variable number of tandem repeats typing schemes for Ralstonia solanacearum, the agent of bacterial wilt, banana Moko disease and potato brown rot. Journal of Microbiological Methods 92, 366-374

* Rossato, M, Santiago TR, Mizubuti ESG, Lopes CA (2017) Characterization and pathogenicity to geranium of Brazilian strains of Ralstonia spp.. Tropical Plant Pathology 42, 458–467 

* Janse JD, van den Beld HE, Elphinstone J, Simpkins S, Tjou-Tam-Sin NNA, van Vaerenbergh J (2004) Introduction to Europe of Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 2 race 3 in Pelargonium zonale cuttings. Journal of Plant Pathology 86, 147-145

* Ravelomanantsoa S, Robène I, Chiroleu F, Guérin F, Poussier S, Pruvost O, Prior P (2016) A novel multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis typing scheme for African phylotype III strains of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex. PeerJ. 4:e1949. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1949.
Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (RALSSO) Host
* Ji P, Allen C, Sanchez Perez A, Yao J, Elphinstone JG, Jones JB and Momol MT (2007) New diversity of Ralstonia solanacearum strains associated with vegetable and ornamental crops in Florida. Plant Disease 91:195-203.

* Rossato, M, Santiago TR, Mizubuti ESG, Lopes CA (2017) Characterization and pathogenicity to geranium of Brazilian strains of Ralstonia spp.. Tropical Plant Pathology 42, 458–467 https://doi.org/10.1007/s40858-017-0177-x

* Weibel J, Tran TM, Bocsanczy AM, Daughtrey M, Norman DJ, Mejia L, Allen C (2016) A Ralstonia solanacearum strain from Guatemala infects diverse flower crops, including new asymptomatic hosts vinca and sutera, and causes symptoms in geranium, mandevilla vine, and new host African daisy (Osteospermum ecklonis). Plant Health Progress 17, 114-121
Ralstonia solanacearum species complex (as Pelargonium) (RALSSO) Host
* Hong JC, Norman DJ, Reed DL, Momol MT and Jones JB (2012) Diversity among Ralstonia  solanacearum  strains  isolated  from  the  southeastern United States. Phytopathology 102:924-936.

* Janse JD, van den Beld HE, Elphinstone J, Simpkins S, Tjou-Tam-Sin NNA, van Vaerenbergh J (2004) Introduction to Europe of Ralstonia solanacearum biovar 2 race 3 in Pelargonium zonale cuttings. Journal of Plant Pathology 86, 147-145

* N'Guessan CA, Brisse S, Le Roux-Nio A-C, Poussier S, Koné D, Wicker E (2013) Development of variable number of tandem repeats typing schemes for Ralstonia solanacearum, the agent of bacterial wilt, banana Moko disease and potato brown rot. Journal of Microbiological Methods 92, 366-374

* Ravelomanantsoa S, Robène I, Chiroleu F, Guérin F, Poussier S, Pruvost O, Prior P (2016). A novel multilocus variable number tandem repeat analysis typing scheme for African phylotype III strains of the Ralstonia solanacearum species complex. PeerJ. 4:e1949. doi: 10.7717/peerj.1949.

* Rossato, M, Santiago TR, Mizubuti ESG, Lopes CA (2017) Characterization and pathogenicity to geranium of Brazilian strains of Ralstonia spp.. Tropical Plant Pathology 42(6), 458–467

* Santiago TR, Lopes CA, Caetano-Anollés G and Mizubutia ESG (2017) Phylotype and sequevar variability of Ralstonia solanacearum in Brazil, an ancient centre of diversity of the pathogen. Plant Pathology 66,383–392

* Yahiaoui N, Chéron J-J, Ravelomanantsoa S, Hamza AA., Petrousse B, Jeetah R, Jaufeerally-Fakim Y, Félicité J, Fillâtre J, Hostachy B, Guérin F, Cellier G, Prior P, Poussier S (2017) Genetic Diversity of the Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex in the Southwest Indian Ocean Islands. Frontiers in Plant Science 8, 2139
Ripersiella hibisci (as Pelargonium) (RHIOHI) Host
* Jansen MGM (2001) Instar identification and some notes about the life cycle of Rhizoecus hibisci Kawai ; Takagi (Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae). Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura, Serie II, 33(3), 53-56.
Scirtothrips dorsalis (SCITDO) Host
* Klassen W, Seal DR, Ciomperlik MA, Fieslemann DA (2008) The chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis: current status in the Greater Caribbean Region. Proceeedings of the Caribbean food crops society,  44(1), 103-117.
-------  reproductive host in Florida.
Sibovia sagata (SIBOSA) Host
* Remes Lenicov AM, Paradell S, De Coll O, Agostini J (1999) Cicadelinos asociados a citrus afectados por clorosis variegada (CVC) en la República Argentina (Insecta: Homoptera: Cicadellidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 58(3-4), 211-225.
Spodoptera eridania (PRODER) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gomez DR, Roque-Specht VF & de Barros NM (2014) Immature stages of Spodoptera eridania (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae): developmental parameters and host plants. Journal of Insect Science 14, 238. https://doi.org/10.1093/jisesa/ieu231
Spodoptera frugiperda (LAPHFR) Host
* Montezano DG, Specht A, Sosa-Gómez DR, Roque-Specht VF, Sousa-Silva JC, Paula-Moraes SV, Peterson JA, Hunt T (2018) Host plants of Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) in the Americas. African Entomology 26, 286-300.
Spodoptera ornithogalli (as Pelargonium) (PRODOR) Host
* Brito R, Specht A, Gonçalves GL, Moreira GRP, Carneiro E, Santos FL, Roque-Specht VF, Mielke OHH, Casagrande MM (2019) Spodoptera marima: a new synonym of Spodoptera ornithogalli (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with notes on adult morphology, host plant use and genetic variation along its geographic range. Neotropical Entomology 48(3), 433-448.

* Heppner JB (2007) Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Gainesville, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, p 670.
Cacyreus marshalli (CACYMA) Major host
* John E, Thomas B, Başbay O, Cebeci Z, Coutsis JG (2018) The arrival of Cacyreus marshalli Butler, 1898 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) in Crete, with additional notes on range expansion in Greece and along coastal areas of northwestern Turkey. Entomologist's Gazette, 69(2), 85-97.
Nepovirus lycopersici (TORSV0) Major host
* Kemp WG (1969) Detection of tomato ringspot virus in Pelargonium in Ontario. Canadian Plant Disease Survey 49, 1-4.
Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae (INSV00) Major host
* Ghotbi T, Shahraeen N, Winter S (2005) Occurrence of Tospoviruses in ornamental and weed species in Markazi and Tehran Provinces in Iran. Plant Disease 89(4), 425-429.
Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae (TSWV00) Major host
* Parrella G, Gognalons P, Gebre-Selassie K, Vovlas C, Marchoux G (2003) An update of the host range of tomato spotted wilt virus. Journal of Plant Pathology 85(4), 227-264.
------- Confirmed host.
Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis (PUCCPZ) Major host
Ripersiella hibisci (RHIOHI) Major host