EPPO Global Database

Peronospora aquilegiicola(PEROAQ)

Distribution details in Germany

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2019
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, under eradication (2021-08)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/131) : found in 2019 in a private garden in Lower Saxony. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/112) : found in 2 commercial companies in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Under eradication.

NPPO (2021-08): found in a private garden in Bavaria. The infested plants were grown in the garden and not purchased from somewhere else. The Aquilegia plants in this garden were destroyed and disposed of. Also found in a private garden in Baden-Württemberg (reported as present for several years). No official measures were applied in this second case.
References
* NPPO of Germany (2020-06, 2021-05, 2021-08)

* Thines M, Buaya A, Ali T, Brand T (2020) Peronospora aquilegiicola made its way to Germany: the start of a new pandemic? Mycological Progress 19, 791–798 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-020-01596-2