EPPO Global Database

Pyricularia oryzae(PYRIOR)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: subject to official control (2011-08)
From CABI Disease map 051 (1981): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Outbreak reported in 2011 in Western Australia (August 2011). In September 2011, the NPPO considered that eradication in the Ord River irrigation area was not technically feasible and that no national action was required.
References
* Heaton JB (1964) Rice blast disease (Pyricularia oryzae Cav) of the Northern Territory. The Australian Journal of Science 27, 81.
------- Northern Territory.

* INTERNET
- Australian Government Department of Agriculture Fisheries & Forestry. National pest and disease outbreaks. Rice blast. National Management Group (NMG) communiqué of 2011-09-09. http://www.outbreak.gov.au/pests_diseases/pests_diseases_plant/rice-blast/index.html
------- Eradication no longer considered feasible.

- IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Australia. Detection of Rice blast (caused by Magnaporthe grisea) in the Ord River Irrigation Area (ORIA) of Western Australia (2011-08-22).
https://www.ippc.int/index.php

- Promed posting (no 20110812.2442) of 2011-08-11. Blast disease, rice - Australia: (Western Australia). http://www.promedmail.org
------- Outbreak reported in the Kimberleys' Ord Valley.

* Pak D, You MP, Lanoiselet V, Barbetti MJ (2021) Management of rice blast (Pyricularia oryzae): implications of alternative hosts. European Journal of Plant Pathology 161(2), 343-355.
------- damaging on rice.

* Perrott RF, Chakraborty S (1999) Pyricularia grisea causes blight of buffel grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) in Queensland, Australia. Tropical Grasslands 33, 201-206.
------- Queensland, but on Cenchrus ciliaris.

* You MP, Lanoiselet V, Wang CP, Shivas RG, Li YP, Barbetti MJ (2012) First report of rice blast (Magnaporthe oryzae) on rice (Oryza sativa) in Western Australia. Plant Disease 96(8), p 1228.
------- Western Australia, outbreak reported in the Kimberleys' Ord Valley.