EPPO Global Database

Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae(PSDMAK)

Distribution details in Georgia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Absent, confirmed by survey
First recorded in: 2013
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/061) : first found in 2013 in the municipality of Lanchkhuti (Western part of the country).

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/147) : since 2016, official surveys have been carried out in kiwifruit orchards throughout the country (including the above municipality) and all results were negative. The NPPO considers that the bacterium is absent from Georgia.
References
* Meparishvili G, Gorgiladze L, Sikharulidze Z, Muradashvili M, Koiava L, Dumbadze R, Jabnidze N (2016) First report of bacterial canker of kiwifruit caused by Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae in Georgia. Plant Disease 100(2), p 517.

* NPPO of Georgia (2020-06).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Türkiye Present, restricted distribution view...