EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni'(PHYPPN)

Distribution details in Canada

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 757 (1998): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
From EPPO Datasheet: Great Lakes region.

From country itself (1992): Ontario (Niagara peninsula and SW Ontario on peach), New Brunswick (on chokecherry) and British Columbia (on peach, particularly in Okanagan valley). May be severe and economically important on a cyclical basis.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/243) : first reported in cherry (Prunus avium).
References
* Allen, W. R.; Davidson, T. R. (1978) Plant Disease Reporter 62 (4), 311-313.

* Callahan (1964) Plant Disease Reporter 48, 735.

* Conners (1967) An annotated index of plant diseases in Canada. AgCan Publ. 1251.

* Leuty et al. (1981) OMAF Factsheet 081-047.

* Olivier CY, Lowery DT, Stobbs LW (2009) Phytoplasma diseases and their relationships with insect and plant hosts in Canadian horticultural and field crops. Canadian Entomologist 141, 425-462.

* Sinha, R. C.; Chiykowski, L. N. (1984) Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 6 (3), 200-205.
------- As eastern X-disease.

* Urbez-Torres JR, Sabaratnam S, Acheampong S, Balcaen D, Boule J, Ghoshal B, Bennypaul H, Thurston M, Richardson T, Molnar C, Harper S (2024) First report of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pruni’ associated with X-disease on sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) in Canada. Plant Disease 108(1), 203. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-23-1875-PDN
------- on Prunus avium.
Situation in neighbouring countries
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United States of America California Present, no details view...
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United States of America Missouri Present, no details view...
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United States of America New York Present, no details view...
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United States of America Pennsylvania Present, no details view...
United States of America Present, widespread view...