EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum'(PHYPPR)

Distribution details in Austria

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, restricted distribution in eastern parts of Austria (2021-07)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2002/037) : found for the first time in 2001 in apricot.

NPPO (2021): found in 2013 on a single tree in Tirol. The infested tree was uprooted and destroyed. No further infections were found. The pest has been eradicated in Tyrol but is present with restricted distribution in eastern parts of Austria.
References
* NPPO of Austria (2002-03, 2021-05).

* Riedle‐Bauer M, Paleskić C, Schwanzer J (2019) Epidemiological and molecular study on ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum’ in Austria and Hungary. Annals of Applied Biology 175(3), 400-414.
------- During surveys (2014-2018) infections rates of 61% and 40% were observed in Prunus spinosa and Prunus domestica subsp. insititia.

* Steffeck R, Follak S, Sauvion N, Labonne G, MacLeod A (2012) Distribution of ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum’ and its vector Cacopsylla pruni in European fruit-growing areas: a review. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 42(2), 191-202.
------- Widespread (Burgenland, Niederösterreich, Steiermark).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Czech Republic Present, restricted distribution view...
Germany Present, restricted distribution view...
Hungary Present, widespread view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...
Italy Sardegna Present, no details view...
Slovakia Absent, pest eradicated view...
Slovenia Present, widespread view...
Switzerland Present, restricted distribution view...