EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora ramorum(PHYTRA)

Distribution details in United States of America (Florida)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2004
From CABI Disease map 978 (2013): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/053) : found in three nurseries which had bought plants from an infested nursery in California.
References
* Cave GL, Randall-Schadel B & Redlin SC (2008) Risk analysis for Phytophthora ramorum Werres, de Cock & Man in’t Veld, causal agent of sudden oak death, ramorum leaf blight, and ramorum dieback. US Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Raleigh, NC. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/plant_pest_info/pram/downloads/pdf_files/pra-cphst-08.pdf
------ In nursery, infected plant material destroyed.

* Grünwald NJ, Garbelotto M, Goss EM, Heungens K, Prospero S (2012) Emergence of the sudden oak death pathogen Phytophthora ramorum. Trends in Microbiology 20(3), 131-138.
------- Intermittently found in nurseries.

* NAPPO Pest Alert.News Stories: Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum) detected in five Georgia Nurseries & Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum) discovered in three Florida nurseries (2004-04-14 & 2004-04-05). http://www.pestalert.org
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Canada Present, few occurrences view...
Canada British Columbia Present, few occurrences view...