EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'(PHYPSO)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2014
Eradication in: 2017
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/134) : first found in May 2014 on strawberry plants (Fragaria ananassa cv. ‘Amesti’) growing in Norfolk. Eradication measures were taken.

From NPPO (2017): the above outbreak has been successfully eradicated.
References
* Hodgetts J, Flint LJ, Daly M, Harju VA, Skelton AL, Fox A (2015) Identification of 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' (16Sr XII-A) infecting strawberry plants in the United Kingdom. New Disease Reports 31, 5.[http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2015.031.005]

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2014-06, 2017-10).