EPPO Global Database

Puccinia horiana(PUCCHN)

Distribution details in Israel

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2001: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 1998
Eradication in: 1999
From CABI Disease map 403 (2008): Absent, pest eradicated
From NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1998/082): found on chrysanthemums in a single glasshouse. Eradication measures taken.

EPPO Reporting Service (2001/119) : delimiting survey conducted after the 1998 incident led to discovery of the pathogen at 8 production sites whose plants came from the infested nursery. Eradication measures proved successful since the pathogen has not been found since April 1999.
References
* NPPO of Israel, 1998-04, 2001-09.