EPPO Global Database

Acidovorax citrulli(PSDMAC)

Distribution details in China (Anhui)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/087) : observed in Anhui province in July 2012 on watermelon seedlings grafted on pumpkin rootstocks.

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/048) : found in commercial seed lots of cucurbits.
References
* Tian YL, Zhao YQ, Hu BS, Liu FQ (2013) First report of seedling blight of watermelon caused by Acidovorax citrulli transmitted from rootstock of pumpkin in China. Plant Disease 97(3), p 420.

* Tian Y, Zhao Y, Zhou J, Sun T, Luo X, Kurowski C, Gong W, Hu B, Walcott RR (2020). Prevalence of Acidovorax citrulli in commercial cucurbit seedlots during 2010-2018 in China. Plant Disease 104(1), 255-259. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-19-0666-RE