EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora ramorum(PHYTRA)

Distribution details in Guernsey

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2000s
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, restricted distribution (2022-07)
From CABI Disease map 978 (2013): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2002/077) : one finding in Guernsey.

EPPO Reporting Service (2003/133) : found in Guernsey in several garden centres and parks, on Camellia, Leucothoe and Arbutus in addition to Rhododendron and Viburnum. Under eradication. Not recorded in Jersey.

From NPPO (2022): last confirmed in Guernsey at a Garden Centre in 2017. This was on a discarded plant with no indication as to the origin of the infection. The pathogen has also been intercepted several times on imported Rhododendron and Viburnum (all of EU origin).
References
* NPPO of the UK (2003-09).

* NPPO of Guernsey (2022-07).