EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma fraxini'(PHYPFR)

Distribution details in Colombia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2000s
Comments
Found in the early 2000s in Fraxinus uhdei in Bogota, as well as in other cities and rural areas of the Andean region of Colombia (Cundinamarca).
References
* Franco-Lara L, Perilla-Henao LM (2014) Phytoplasma diseases in tres of Bogotá, Colombia: a serious risk for urban trees and Crops. In: Bertaccini A (editor). Phytoplasmas and Phytoplasma Disease Management: How to Reduce Their Economic Impact, 1 ed. Bologna: IPWG - COST, pp. 90–100.
------- In Bogotá.

* Franco-Lara L (2019) Epidemiological aspects of phytoplasma diseases in a tropical country. Phytopathogenic Mollicutes 9, 45-46.
------- In Bogotá and Cundinamarca.

* Franco-Lara L, Contaldo N, Mejia JF, Paltrinieri S, Duduk B, Bertaccini (2017) Detection and identification of phytoplasmas associated with declining Liquidambar styraciflua trees in Colombia. Tropical Plant Pathology 42, 352-361.

* Franco-Lara L, García JA, Bernal YE, Rodríguez RA (2020) Diversity of the ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma asteris’ and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma fraxini ’isolates that infect urban trees in Bogotá, Colombia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 70, 6508-6517.
-------- In Bogotá.

* Franco-Lara L, Varela-Correa CA, Guerrero-Carranza GP, Quintero-Vargas JC (2023) Association of phytoplasmas with a new disease of potato crops in Cundinamarca, Colombia. Crop Protection 163, 106-123.
------- In Cundinamarca.

* Perilla-Henao L, Wilson MR, Franco-Lara L (2016) Leafhoppers Exitianus atratus and Amplicephalus funzaensis transmit phytoplasmas of groups 16SrI and 16SrVII in Colombia. Plant Pathology 65(7), 1200-1209.

* Varela-Correa CA, Franco-Lara L (2020) First report of a ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma fraxini’-related strain associated with potato in Colombia. Plant Disease 104, 2720-2720.
------- On potato in Cundinamarca.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Brazil Present, restricted distribution view...
Brazil Sao Paulo Present, no details view...
Brazil Minas Gerais Present, no details view...
Brazil Parana Present, no details view...
Brazil Rio de Janeiro Present, no details view...