'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum'(PHYPPR)
Distribution details in Tunisia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2012: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2008
First recorded in: 2008
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/038) : first found in 2008 on apricot trees in Northern Tunisia (Ras Jebel area). Then also detected on almond trees in the same region.
* Ben Khalifa M, Aldaghi M, Hacheche H, Kummert J, Marrakchi M, Fakhfakh H (2011) First report of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' infecting apricots in Tunisia. Journal of Plant Pathology 93(2), 517-519.
------- First report on apricot.
* Ben Khalifa M, Fakhfakh H (2011) First report of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' infecting almonds in Tunisia. Phytoparasitica 39(4), 411-414.
------ First report on almond.
* 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.
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------- First report on apricot.
* Ben Khalifa M, Fakhfakh H (2011) First report of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum' infecting almonds in Tunisia. Phytoparasitica 39(4), 411-414.
------ First report on almond.
* 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.
------- Limited.