EPPO Global Database

Acidovorax citrulli(PSDMAC)

Distribution details in Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, no details
References
* 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).

* 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.