EPPO Global Database

Acidovorax citrulli(PSDMAC)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Citrullus lanatus (CITLA) Major host
* Burdman S, Walcott R (2012) Acidovorax citrulli: generating basic and applied knowledge to tackle a global threat to the cucurbit industry. Molecular Plant Pathology 13: 805–815. DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2012.00810.x.

* Schaad NW, Sowell G, Goth RW, Colwell RR, Webb RE (1978) Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes subsp. citrulli subsp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 28: 117–125.
------- confirmed host
Cucumis melo (CUMME) Major host
* Hopkins DL, Thompson CM (2002) Seed transmission of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli in cucurbits. HortScience 37:924–926.

* Isakeit T, Black MC, Barnes LW, Jones JB (1997) First report of infection of honeydew with Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli. Plant Disease 81: 694.
------ confirmed host

* Walcott RR, Fessehaie A, Castro A (2004) Differences in pathogenicity between two genetically distinct groups of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli on cucurbit hosts. Journal of Phytopathology 152: 277–285. DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0434.2004.00841.x.
------ confirmed host

Cucumis melo var. inodorus (CUMMI) Major host
* Isakeit T, Black MC, Barnes LW, Jones JB (1997) First report of infection of honeydew with Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli. Plant Disease 81 (6), 694. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS.1997.81.6.694C
------- confirmed host.
Citrullus lanatus var. citroides (CITLC) Wild/Weed
* Dutta B, Sanders H, Langston DB, Booth C, Smith S, Gitaitis RD (2014) Long-term survival of Acidovorax citrulli in citron melon (Citrullus lanatus var. citroides) seeds. Plant Pathology 63, 1130–1137
------- confirmed host

* Isakeit T, Black MC, Jones JB (1998) Natural infection of citronmelon with Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli. Plant Disease 82, 351
------- confirmed host
Cucumis sativus (CUMSA) Host
* Lee S, Kim H, Beuchat LR, Ryu JH (2019) Development of a decontamination method to inactivate Acidovorax citrulli on Cucurbitaceae seeds without loss of seed viability. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture  99: 5734-5739. doi:10.1002/jsfa.9841

* Martin HL, O'Brien RG, Abbott DV (1999) First report of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli as a pathogen of cucumber. Plant Disease 83:965 (abstract). http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.10.965D
------- confrmed host.
Cucurbita moschata (CUUMO) Host
* Hopkins DL, Thompson CM (2002) Seed transmission of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli in cucurbits. HortScience 37:924–926.
------- as butternut squash.

* Kubota M, Hagiwara N, Shirakawa T (2012) Disinfection of seeds of cucurbit crops infested with Acidovorax citrulli with dry heat treatment. Journal of Phytopathology, 160(7-8), 364–368. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0434.2012.01913.x 
------- confirmed host.

* Martin HL, Horlock CM (2002) First report of Acidovorax avenae pv. citrulli as a pathogen of gramma in Australia. Plant Disease 86(12): 1406. DOI: 10.1094/PDIS.2002.86.12.1406A
------- confirmed host.

Cucurbita pepo (CUUPE) Host
* Langston DB Jr,  Walcott RR, Gitaitis RD, Sanders FH (1999) First report of a fruit rot of pumpkin caused by Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli in Georgia. Plant Disease 83, 100. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS.1999.83.2.199B
------- confirmed host.
Piper betle (PIPBE) Host
* Deng WL, Huang TC, Tsai YC (2010) First Report of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli as the causal agent of bacterial leaf blight of betelvine in Taiwan. Plant Disease 94(8): 1065. DOI:10.1094/PDIS-94-8-1065A.
------ confirmed host
Solanum lycopersicum (LYPES) Host
* Assouline I, Milshtein H, Mizrahi M, Levy E, Ben-Ze’ev I (1997) Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli transmitted by Solanaceous seeds. Phytoparasitica 25, 117–8.

* Chalupowicz L, Reuven M, Dror O, Sela N, Burdman S, Manulis-Sasson S (2020) Characterization of Acidovorax citrulli strains isolated from solanaceous plants. Plant Pathology 69 (9) 1787–1797. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13239
------- confirmed host (group II). 

* Malliarakis D, Mpalantinaki E, Pagoulatou MG, Lorenzou K, Goumas DE (2020) First report of Acidovorax citrulli causing a leaf spot disease on tomato plants in Greece. Journal of Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-020-00677-1
Solanum melongena (SOLME) Host
* Assouline I, Milshtein H, Mizrahi M, Levy E, Ben-Ze’ev I (1997) Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli transmitted by Solanaceous seeds. Phytoparasitica 25, 117–8.

* Chalupowicz L, Reuven M, Dror O, Sela N, Burdman S, Manulis-Sasson S (2020) Characterization of Acidovorax citrulli strains isolated from solanaceous plants. Plant Pathology 69 (9) 1787–1797. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13239
------- confirmed host (group II). 
Benincasa hispida (BNCHI) Experimental
* Deng WL, Huang TC, Tsai YC (2010) First Report of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli as the causal agent of bacterial leaf blight of betelvine in Taiwan. Plant Disease 94(8): 1065. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-94-8-1065A.
------- inoculation study.

* Kubota M, Hagiwara N, Shirakawa T (2012) Disinfection of seeds of cucurbit crops infested with Acidovorax citrulli with dry heat treatment. Journal of Phytopathology, 160(7-8), 364–368. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0434.2012.01913.x 
------- confirmed host (as B. cerifera).
Cucumis melo var. reticulatus (CUMMR) Experimental
* Deng WL, Huang TC, Tsai YC (2010) First Report of Acidovorax avenae subsp. citrulli as the causal agent of bacterial leaf blight of betelvine in Taiwan. Plant Disease 94(8): 1065. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-94-8-1065A.
------- inoculation study (as C. melo var. saccharinus)
Lagenaria siceraria (LGNSI) Experimental
* Kubota M, Hagiwara N, Shirakawa T (2012) Disinfection of seeds of cucurbit crops infested with Acidovorax citrulli with dry heat treatment. Journal of Phytopathology, 160(7-8), 364–368. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0434.2012.01913.x 
------- confirmed host.