EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora sojae(PHYTMS)

Distribution details in Brazil

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1994
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (97/084).

First found in 1994 but no serious damage until the 2005/2006 growing season when severe losses were observed in Rio Grande do Sul and Parana. The pathogen was then recorded in several other Brazilian states.
References
* Costamilan LM, Clebsch CC, Moreira Soares R, Santos Seixas CD, Vieira Godoy CV, Dorrance AE (2013) Pathogenic diversity of Phytophthora sojae pathotypes from Brazil. European Journal of Plant Pathology 135(4), 845-853.
------- Genetic studies on isolates collected from 6 states (Goias, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Parana, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina.

* Wrather, J.A.; Anderson, T.R.; Arsyad, D.M.; Gai, J.; Ploper, L.D.; Porta-Puglia, A.; Ram, H.H.; Yorinori, J.T. (1997) Soybean disease loss estimates for the top 10 soybean producing countries in 1994. Plant Disease, 81(1), 107-110.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Argentina Present, restricted distribution view...
Uruguay Present, no details view...