EPPO Global Database

Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae(PSDMAK)

Distribution details in Slovenia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2013
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: only in some parts of the Member State concerned (2019-07)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/026) : first found in summer 2013 in 2 kiwifruit orchards (A. deliciosa cv. ‘Hayward’) in Vipavska dolina. Under official control.

From NPPO (2017): occurs in the communes: Rupa, Gabrje ob Vipavi, Opatje selo, Lipa, Dornberk, Nova gorica, Rožna dolina, Stara gora, Loke, Šmihel, Ozeljan, Vitovlje, Osek, Šempas, Vogrsko, Šempeter, Vrtojba, Bilje, Bukovica, Prvačina, Gradišče, Renče, Vrtoče, Orehovlje, Miren, Črniče in Batuje.

From NPPO (2019): detected in the municipality of Dobrna (Savinjska region) in private gardens on a small number of Actinidia deliciosa plants. All infected plants were destroyed.
References
* Dreo T, Pirc M, Ravnikar M, Zezlina I, Poliakoff F, Rivoal C, Cunty A (2014) First report of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae, the causal agent of bacterial canker of kiwifruit in Slovenia. Plant Disease 98(11), p 1578.

* NPPO of Slovenia (2014-01, 2017-07, 2019-07).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...