EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'(PHYPMA)

Distribution details in Belarus

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2014
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/171) : first found during surveys conducted in 2014-2015 in apple trees growing in private orchards near the Institute for Fruit Growing (Samochvalovichi).
References
* Kolbanova EV, Bozhidai TN, Kukharchik NV, Sidorenko TN (2021) Frequency occurrence of phytoplasma in apple plantations in Belarus. Fruit Growing 33, 40-47. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.47612/0134-9759-2021-33-40-47
------- present in Gomel, Minsk and Mogilev regions and absent in Brest region.

* Valasevich N, Schneider B (2016) Detection, identification, and characterization of phytoplasmas infecting apple and pear trees in Belarus. Plant Disease 100(11), 2275-2280.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Lithuania Present, few occurrences view...
Poland Present, no details view...
Russia Southern Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Present, no details view...
Ukraine Present, no details view...