EPPO Global Database

Pistia stratiotes(PIIST)

Distribution details in Burkina Faso

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2007: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2007/042) : present in the Egyptian cultivated lands are irrigated almost permanently by the Nile River through a huge network of canals and drains.
References
* Mashaly IA, El-Habashy IE, El-Halawany EF, Omar G (2009) Habitat and plant communities in the Nile Delta of Egypt II. Irrigation and drainage canal bank habitat. Pakistan journal of Biological sciences 12: 885-895.USDA, Germplasm Resources
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Benin Present, no details view...
Cote d'Ivoire Present, no details view...
Ghana Present, no details view...
Niger Present, no details view...
Togo Present, no details view...