EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora pinifolia(PHYTPF)

Distribution details in Chile

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2004
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/006) : unusual mortality was observed in 2004 in a Pinus radiata stand on the Arauco coast in Chile. In July 2007, the causal agent was identified as a new Phytophthora species called Phytophthora pinifolia.

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/177) : after the initial detection in 2004, the disease rapidly spread from the initial foci (70 ha) to 60 000 ha in 2006. But from 2007 to 2008, the affected area reduced to less than 500 ha, confined to road borders and coastal areas.
References
* Durán A, Gryzenhout M, Drenth A, Slippers B, Ahumada R, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2010) AFLP analysis reveals a clonal population of Phytophthora pinifolia in Chile. Fungal Biology 114(9), 746-752.

* Durán A, Gryzenshout M, Slippers B, Ahumada R, Rotella A, Flores F, Wingfield BD, Wingfield MJ (2008) Phytophthora pinifolia sp. nov. associated with a serious needle disease of Pinus radiata in Chile. Plant Pathology 57(4), 715-727.

* Hansen EM (2015) Phytophthora species emerging as pathogens of forest trees. Current Forestry Reports 1, 16-24.
------- Only a few scattered trees are affected. The disease no longer causes severe defoliation.

* Wingfield MJ (2007) A new species of Phytophthora associated with dying pine needles in Chile. http://src.fabinet.up.ac.za/tpcp/news/pinifolia.pdf