EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora ramorum(PHYTRA)

Distribution details in Switzerland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2004: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2004
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated (2022-08)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/105) : first report, on Viburnum in one nursery.

From NPPO (2022): last detected in 2019 in a nursery on imported plants of Viburnum x bodnantense. Eradication measures taken were successful and since then, annual surveys have confirmed the absence of the pathogen.
References
* Heiniger U, Theile F, Stadler B (2004) [First finding of Phytophthora ramorum in Switzerland]. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Forstwesen 155(2), 53-54 (abst.).

* NPPO of Switzerland (2022-08).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Absent, confirmed by survey view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Germany Present, few occurrences view...
Italy Absent, pest eradicated view...