EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'(PHYPMA)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1993: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 1985
Eradication in: 1985
From CABI Disease map 761 (2013): Absent, pest eradicated
From NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
From country itself (1992): one suspected case (single infected tree of British origin found in Essex in 1985); infected tree eliminated, no records since.
References
* Davies, D.L.; Stickels, J.E.; Adams, A.N. (1986) A single occurrence of apple proliferation disease. Plant Pathology 35, 400-402.

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (1993).