Acidovorax citrulli(PSDMAC)
Distribution details in Brazil
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1990
First recorded in: 1990
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/133) : presence.
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/072) : first found in 1990 in São Paulo state, then also reported from other states (Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, and Roraima).
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/072) : first found in 1990 in São Paulo state, then also reported from other states (Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, and Roraima).
* De Lima R, Ramos M, Barbosa da Silveira E (2004) [Fruit blotch: important bacterial disease of melon in Brazil]. Anais da Academia Pernambucana de Ciência Agronômica, Recife, vol. 1, 79-88 (in Portuguese).
* Duarte DF, Lucena LP, Gonçalves MH, Benko-Iseppon AM, Aburjaile F, Azevedo V, Brenig B, Gama MA, Souza EB (2025) Phylogenomic analysis of Paracidovorax citrulli strains reveals the presence of two lineages in Brazil. Genetics and Molecular Biology. 48(4), e20250046.
------- also in Piaui
* Silva GM, Souza RM Yan L, Rui S Jr, Medeiros FHV, Walcott RR (2016) Strains of the group I lineage of Acidovorax citrulli, the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch of cucurbitaceous crops, are predominant in Brazil. Phytopathology 106(12), 1486-1494.
* Duarte DF, Lucena LP, Gonçalves MH, Benko-Iseppon AM, Aburjaile F, Azevedo V, Brenig B, Gama MA, Souza EB (2025) Phylogenomic analysis of Paracidovorax citrulli strains reveals the presence of two lineages in Brazil. Genetics and Molecular Biology. 48(4), e20250046.
------- also in Piaui
* Silva GM, Souza RM Yan L, Rui S Jr, Medeiros FHV, Walcott RR (2016) Strains of the group I lineage of Acidovorax citrulli, the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch of cucurbitaceous crops, are predominant in Brazil. Phytopathology 106(12), 1486-1494.