EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora austrocedri(PHYTAU)

Distribution details in United Kingdom (Scotland)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/135) : detected in a public park in Scotland (East Renfrewshire) on Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2012/140) : detected on Juniperus communis in Scotland (7 trees in a heathland in Perth and Kinross), under official control.
References
* Green S, MacAskill GA, Dun H, Armstrong AC, Henricot B (2016) First report of Phytophthora austrocedri infecting Nootka cypress in Britain. New Disease Reports 33, 21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2016.033.021

* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – United Kingdom. Phytophthora austrocedrae (2011-07-20). https://www.ippc.int/index.php

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2011-05, 2012-05).