EPPO Global Database

'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani'(PHYPSO)

Distribution details in Lebanon

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2001: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2001
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2002/112) : grapevine bois noir in Bekaa valley.
References
* Choueiri E, Jreijiri F, El Zammar S, Verdin E, Salar P, Danet JL, Bové J, Garnier M (2002) First report of grapevine ‘Bois Noir’ disease and a new phytoplasma infecting solanaceous plants in Lebanon. Plant Disease, 86(6), p 697.

* Salar P, El-Sisi Y, Jreijiri F, Mortada C, Danet JL, Omar AF, Choueiri E, Foissac X (2022) Stolbur-Bois Noir in the Near East: Convolvulus arvensis bindweed and the planthopper vector Hyalesthes obsoletus host local 'Candidatus Phytoplasma solani' strains in Egypt and Lebanon. Abstract of a paper presented at the 13th Arab Congress of Plant Protection (Hammamet, TN, 2022-10-16/21).
------- On grapevine in the Bekaa valley.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Israel Present, few occurrences view...
Syria Absent, unreliable record view...