EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense'(PHYPAU)

Distribution details in New Zealand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1998
From CABI Disease map 844 (2001): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/053) : studies carried out in New Zealand have shown that Zeoliarus atkinsoni (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) and Zeoliarus oppositus are vectors of the disease.
References
* Andersen, M. T.; Beever, R. E.; Gilman, A. C.; Liefting, L. W.; Balmori, E.; Beck, D. L.; Sutherland, P. W.; Bryan, G. T.; Gardner, R. C.; Forster, R. L. S. (1998) Plant Pathology 47 (2), 188-196.

* Andersen, M. T.; Longmore, J.; Liefting, L. W.; Wood, G. A.; Sutherland, P. W.; Beck, D. L.; Forster, R. L. S. (1998) Plant Disease 82 (6), 606-609.

* Andersen, M. T.; Beever, R. E.; Sutherland, P. W.; Forster, R. L. S. (2001) Plant Disease 85 (5), 462-469.

* Gibb, K. S.; Schneider, B.; Padovan, A. C. (1998) Plant Pathology 47 (3), 325-332.

* Liefting, L. W.; Andersen, M. T.; Beever, R. E.; Gardner, R. C.; Forster, R. L. S. (1996) Applied and Environmental Microbiology 62 (9), 3133-3139.

* Wood, G. A.; Andersen, M.T.; Forster, R. L. S.; Braithwaite, M.; Hall, H. K. (1999) New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 27 (4), 281-295.

* Winks CJ, Andersen MT, Charles JG, Beever RE (2014) Identification of Zeoliarus oppositus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) as a vector of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense’. Plant Disease 98(1), 10-15.