EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali'(PHYPMA)

Distribution details in Lithuania

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, few occurrences
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent: confirmed by official survey (2019-12)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/049) : detected on symptomatic ornamental plants (Forsythia suspensa, Spiraea vanhouttei and Viburnum lantana) in a private garden in the district of Kaunas during a survey conducted in 2017.

From NPPO (2020): not detected during official surveys in 2016-2019.
References
* Abraitienë A, Bevilacqua A, Scarafoni A, Quaglino F (2018) First report of Forsythia suspensa, Spiraea vanhouttei and Viburnum lantana as new natural plant hosts of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’ the causal agent of apple proliferation disease in Lithuania. Plant Disease 102(10), p 2026.
------- Causing leaf reddening on a garden plant in the district of Kaunas.

* NPPO of Lithuania (2016-04, 2017-03, 2018-03, 2019-04, 2020-02).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belarus Present, restricted distribution view...
Poland Present, no details view...
Russia Southern Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Present, no details view...