EPPO Global Database

Acidovorax citrulli(PSDMAC)

Distribution details in Japan (Shikoku)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
From NPPO (2023) : although the bacterium had been detected on a few occasions from 1998 to 2012 on Citrullus lanatus and Cucumis melo in several production sites (located in Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyūshū and Shikoku), eradication measures have always been immediately taken (including destruction of affected plants). Annual official surveys (on approximately 600 production sites) have confirmed that the bacterium has been absent from Japan since 2013.
References
* NPPO of Japan (2023-04).
------- Absent, pest eradicated.