EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'(PHYPMA)

Distribution details in Finland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2012
From CABI Disease map 761 (2013): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/173) : detected for the first time in August 2012 in 2 samples which had been collected from 2 apple orchards, one located on the mainland and the other on the Island of Åland. Under official control.

More findings were made in 2013 (Evira, 2014): suveys were conducted on 43 sites, and the disease was identified in 13 sites in Aland, as well as in 2 apple orchards on the mainland.
References
* INTERNET
Evira. Finnish Food Safety Authority (2013-01-17) New plant pests in horticultural production came as a surprise in 2012. http://www.evira.fi/portal/en/plants/current+issues/?bid=3290
Evira. Finnish Food Safety Authority (2014-05-26) Apple witches’ broom disease more common than supposed. http://www.evira.fi/portal/en/plants/current+issues/?bid=3929

* Lemmetty A, Soukainen M, Tuovinen T (2013) First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’, the causal agent of apple proliferation disease, in apple trees in Finland. Plant Disease 97(10), p 1376.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Norway Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Southern Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Present, no details view...