EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri'(PHYPPY)

Distribution details in Greece

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service 512/03 of 1991: a decline of pear has been described but the causal factor has not been identified (EPPO DS).
References
* Holevas et al. (1990) Diseases of cultivated plants observed in Greece from 1970 to 1980. Annales de l'Institut Phytopathologique Benaki 16, 1-73.

* NPPO of Greece (1992).

* Rumbou A, Adamopoulos I, Schneider B, Kube M, Rumbos I (2011) Diversity of phytoplasma population causing small fruiting in the apple orchards of the Pelion mountain (Greece). Phytopathogenic Mollicutes 1(1), 21-25.
------- Detected in orchards in the apple-producing areas of the Pelion Mountain (Zagora region, prefecture of Magnesia - Central Greece).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Albania Present, no details view...
Bulgaria Present, restricted distribution view...
Türkiye Present, restricted distribution view...