EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora kernoviae(PHYTKE)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2004
From CABI Disease map 1023 (2008): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2005/159) : first found and identified in Cornwall.

EPPO Reporting Service (2005/164) : Alert list.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/069) : from October 2003 and December 2008, P. kernoviae was found at 69 sites, mainly on rhododendrons in small areas of woodland in Cornwall. Isolated findings also made in Devon, South Wales, and Scotland. Only 3 cases reported from nurseries (and one in Cheshire has been eradicated). So far, it has not been detected from Northern Ireland.
References
* Beales PA, Giltrap PG, Payne A, Ingram N (2009) A new threat to the UK heathland from Phytophthora kernoviae on Vaccinium myrtillus in the wild. Plant Pathology 58(2), p 393.
------- On Vaccinium myrtillus in the wild.

* Beales PA, Lane CR, Barton VC, Giltrap PM (2006) Phytophthora kernoviae on ornamentals in the UK. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 36(2), 377-379.

* Brasier CM, Beales PA, Kirk SA, Denman S, Rose J (2005) Phytophthora kernoviae sp. nov., an invasive pathogen causing bleeding stem lesions on forest trees and foliar necrosis of ornamentals in Britain. Mycological Research, 109(8), 853-859.

* INTERNET (last retrieved in 2009-03)
DEFRA
Revised Summary Pest Risk Analysis for Phytophthora kernoviae (2008). http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pra/pker.pdf
Phytophthora kernoviae outbreaks in England and Wales (2008-12-11). http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/pkernovii2.htm