EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora alni subsp. alni(PHYTAL)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2010: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 1040 (2008): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1999/156) : first detected in 1996 in southwest (Gironde, Landes) and northeast (50 locations in 11 départements). Also 3 foci in Deux-Sèvres, Vendée, Maine et Loire in the west.

EPPO Reporting Service (2005/009) : the alder phytophthora disease is now considered to be caused by P. alni.
References
* Brasier CM, Kirk SA, Delcan J, Cooke DEL, Jung T, Man in’t Vled WA (2004) Phytophthora alni sp. nov. and its variants: designation of emerging heteroploid hybrid pathogens spreading on Alnus trees. Mycological Research, 108(10), 1172-1184.

* Elegbede CF, Pierrat JC, Aguayo J, Husson C, Halkett F, Marçais B (2010) A statistical model to detect asymptomatic infectious individuals with an application in the Phytophthora alni-induced alder decline. Phytopathology 100(11), 1262-1269.
------- Surveys showed that 16% of alder trees present along the watercourses in the Rhin-Meuse Basin were diseased.

* Husson C, Thoirain B, Ioos R, Frey P, Marcais B (2006) Water - a vector for pathogens. The case of alder Phytophthora. Revue Forestiere Francaise 58(4), 351-360.

* Ioos R, Andrieux A, Marçais B, Frey P (2006) Genetic characterization of the natural hybrid species Phytophthora alni as inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA analyses. Fungal Genetics and Biology (43), 511–529.

* Streito, J-C.; de Villartay, G.; Tabary, F. (1999) Une nouvelle espèce de Phytophthora s'attaque à l'aulne. Phytoma - La Défense des Végétaux, no. 519, 38-41.

* INTERNET
Web site of the Laboratoire National de la Protection des Végétaux, Nancy (FR). Le Phytophthora de l'aulne. http://perso.wanadoo.fr/lnpv/nancy/aldphyt.htm
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Present, no details view...
Germany Present, no details view...
Italy Present, no details view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...
Switzerland Present, no details view...