EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora lateralis(PHYTLA)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2010
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, under eradication (2011-03)
From CABI Disease map 473 (2012): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/026) : detected for the first time in October 2010 in Scotland (Balloch Castle Country Park), under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/135) : detected in 2 other public parks in Scotland (Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire) on Chamaecyparis lawsoniana. In the East Renfrewshire infected site, another Phytophthora (P. austrocedae) was also detected on C. nootkatensis. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/222) : further findings (amenity and forest trees) in England and Northern Ireland, under official control.
References
* Green S, Brasier CM, Schlenzig A, McCracken A, MacAskill GA, Wilson M, Webber J (2013) The destructive invasive pathogen Phytophthora lateralis found on Chamaecyparis lawsoniana across the UK. Forest Pathology 43, 19-28.
------- Includes a map showing outbreak sites in the UK (Balloch, Greenock, Rouken Glen, Kilmaronock, Tollymore Forest Park, Coleraine, Plympton, Blubberhouses).

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2011-03, 2011-05).

* Schlenzig A, Campbell R, Eden R (2014) First report of Phytophthora lateralis on Chamaecyparis pisifera. New Disease Reports 29, 15. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2014.029.015
------- On Chamaecyparis pisifera in Scotland.

* Schlenzig A, Campbell R, Mulholland V (2011) Thuja occidentalis: a new host for Phytophthora lateralis. New Disease Report 24 (8), http://www.ndrs.org.uk/article.php?id=024008
------- Detected in 3 potted Thuja occidentalis cv. 'Emeraude' collected from a nursery in Central Scotland, these plants had originally been imported from France. All infected plants were destroyed.

* INTERNET
Forestry Commission. http://www.forestry.gov.uk/plateralis
- News release no. 15023 of 2011-10-19. Urban tree disease found in England.
- News release no. 15149 of 2011-12-02. Yorkshire trees hit by new disease.

Northern Ireland Executive.
- New release of 2011-08-12. Operation underway to prevent spread of tree disease at Tollymore Forest Park. http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/index/media-centre/news-departments/news-dard/news-archive-dard-aug-11/news-dard-120811-operation-underway-to.htm
- New release of 2011-10-20. Further findings of Lawson cypress caused by the tree disease detected. http://www.northernireland.gov.uk/news-dard-201011-further-findings-of