EPPO Global Database

Phytophthora pluvialis(PHYTUV)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2002
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/169) : found in streams, soil and canopy drip in the mixed tanoak-Douglas fir forest (Notholithocarpus densiflorus - Pseudotsuga menziesii) Oregon.
References
* Hansen EM, Reeser PW, Sutton W, Gardner J, Williams N (2015) First report of Phytophthora pluvialis causing needle loss and shoot dieback on Douglas-fir in Oregon and New Zealand. Plant Disease 99(5), 727. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-14-0943-PDN

* Reeser P, Sutton W, Hansen E (2013) Phytophthora pluvialis, a new species from mixed tanoak-Douglas-fir forests of western Oregon, U.S.A. North American Fungi 8(7), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.2509/naf2013.008.007
------- First report in USA (in Oregon).

* Tabima JF, Gonen L, Gómez-Gallego M, Panda P, Grünwald NJ, Hansen EM, Mcdougal R, LeBoldus JM, Williams NM (2021) Molecular phylogenomics and population structure of Phytophthora pluvialis. Phytopathology 111(1), 108-115.
------- considered as probably native from Norwestern USA.