EPPO Global Database

Pyrus pyrifolia(PYUPY)

Pests

Organism Type
Agrilus mali (as Pyrus) (AGRLMA) Doubtful host
* EPPO (2024) EPPO Technical Document No. 1093. Pest risk analysis for Agrilus mali (Coleoptera: Buprestidae). EPPO, Paris. Available at https://gd.eppo.int/taxon/AGRLMA/documents
------- not confirmed host.
Agrobacterium tumefaciens (as Pyrus) (AGRBTU) Host
Aleurocanthus spiniferus (ALECSN) Host
* Cioffi M, Cornara D, Corrado I, Jansen MGM & Porcelli F (2013) The status of Aleurocanthus spiniferus from its unwanted introduction in Italy to date. Bulletin of Insectology 66, 273-281.

* Dubey AK, Ko CC (2012) Sexual dimorphism among species of Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Taiwan, with one new species and an identification key. Zootaxa 3177, 1–23.

* Gillespie PS (2012) A review of the whitefly genus Aleurocanthus Quaintance & Baker (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Australia. Zootaxa 3252, 1-42.
Anarsia lineatella (as Pyrus) (ANARLI) Host
Anastrepha suspensa (ANSTSU) Host
* Swanson RW, Baranowski RM (1972) Host range and infestation by the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa (Diptera: Tephritidae), in south Florida. Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society, 271-273.
Anoplophora chinensis (ANOLCN) Host
* Sjöman H, Östberg J & Nilsson J (2014) Review of host trees for the wood-boring pests Anoplophora glabripennis and Anoplophora chinensis: an urban forest perspective. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 40(3), 143–164.
Apple rubbery wood agent (ARW000) Host
* Wang Y, Wang GP, Hong N, Wang YX, Yang ZK, Guo JS, Zhang Z, Li L, Li YJ, Li QY, Xu L, Qi LY (2019) First report of Apple Rubbery Wood Virus 2 infecting pear (Pyrus spp.) in China. Plant Disease 103(12), 3293.
------- confirmed host. 
Apriona cinerea (as Pyrus) (APRICI) Host
* Singh AP, Bhandari RS, Verma TD (2004) Important insect pests of poplars in agroforestry and strategies for their management in northwestern India. Agroforestry Systems 63, 15–26.
Apriona germari (as Pyrus) (APRIGE) Host
* Lim J, Jung S-Y, Lim J-S, Jang J, Kim K-M, Lee Y-M, Lee B-W (2014) A review of host plants of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera: Chrysomeloidea) with new host records for fourteen Cerambycids, including the Asian longhorn beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky), in Korea. Korean Journal of Applied Entomology 53(2), 111-133.
Bactrocera correcta (BCTRCO) Host
* He Y, Xu Y, Chen X (2023) Biology, ecology and management of Tephritid fruit flies in China: A review. Insects 14, 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020196
Bactrocera dorsalis (DACUDO) Host
* Allwood AJ, Chinajariyawong A, Kritsaneepaiboon S, Drew RAI, Hamacek EL, Hancock DL, Hengsawad C, Jinapin JC, Jirasurat M, Krong CK, Leong CTS, Vijaysegaran S (1999) Host plant records for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Southeast Asia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 47(7), 1-92.

* He Y, Xu Y, Chen X (2023) Biology, ecology and management of Tephritid fruit flies in China: A review. Insects 14, 196. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects14020196
Bactrocera tryoni (DACUTR) Host
* Hancock D, Hamacek EL, Lloyd AC, Elson-Harris MM (2000) The distribution and host plants of fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Australia. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, 75 pp.
Cacopsylla chinensis (CCPSCH) Host
Cacopsylla chinensis (as Pyrus) (CCPSCH) Host
'Candidatus Phytoplasma mali' (PHYPMA) Host
* Lee IM, Bertaccini A, Vibio M, Gundersen DE (1995) Detection of multiple phytoplasmas in perennial fruit trees with decline symptoms in Italy. Phytopathology 85(6), 728-735.

* Seemüller E, Schneider B (2004) ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma mali’, ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri’ and ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum’, the causal agents of apple proliferation, pear decline and European stone fruit yellows, respectively. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 54(2), 1217–1226.
'Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri' (PHYPPY) Host
* Marcone C, Pierro R, Tiwari AK, Rao GP (2022) Major phytoplasma disease of temperate fruit trees. Agrica 11, 20-31.

* Schneider H (1970) Graft transmission and host range of the pear decline causal agent. Phytopathology 60, 204-207.
Capillovirus mali (ASGV00) Host
* Kim N-Y, Lee H-J, Kim N-K, Oh J, Lee S-H, Kim H, Oh J, Kim H, Moon JS, Jeong RD (2019) Survey of major viruses in commercial nursery trees of major pear cultivars in Korea. Research in Plant Disease 25(1), 43–7. https://doi.org/10.5423/RPD.2019.25.1.43
------- confirmed host.
Carposina sasakii (as Pyrus) (CARSSA) Host
* Wang YZ, Li BY, Hoffmann AA, Cao LJ, Gong YJ, Song W, Zhu JY, Wei SJ (2017) Patterns of genetic variation among geographic and host-plant associated populations of the peach fruit moth Carposina sasakii (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae). BMC Ecology and Evolution 17, 265 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1116-7
Ceratitis capitata (CERTCA) Host
* Segura DF, Vera MT, Cagnotti CL, Vaccaro N, De Coll O, Ovruski SM , Cladera JL (2006) Relative abundance of Ceratitis capitata and Anastrepha fraterculus (Diptera: Tephritidae) in diverse host species and localities of Argentina. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(1), 70-83.
Ceratitis rosa (as Pyrus) (CERTRO) Host
Chondrostereum purpureum (STERPU) Host
* Grinbergs D, Chilian J, Carrasco-Fernandez J, France A, Moya-Elizondo E, Gerding M (2020) A PCR-based method for the rapid detection of Chondrostereum purpureum in apple. Plant Disease 104(3), 702-707. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-19-2086-RE

* Spiers AG, Brewster DT, Bus VG, Hopcroft DH (1998) Seasonal variation in susceptibility of xylem tissue of Malus, Pyrus, Prunus, and Salix species to Chondrostereum purpureum in New Zealand. Mycological Research 102(7), 881-890.
Colletotrichum fructicola (COLLFC) Host
* Zhang PF, Zhai LF, Zhang XK, Huang XZ, Hong N, Xu W, Wang G (2015) Characterization of Colletotrichum fructicola, a new causal agent of leaf black spot disease of sandy pear (Pyrus pyrifolia). European Journal of Plant Pathology 143, p. 651.
Comstockaspis perniciosa (QUADPE) Host
* Ben-Dov Y, German V (2003) A systemic catalogue of the Diaspididae (armoured scale insects) of the world, subfamilies Aspidiotinae, Comstockiellinae and Odonaspidinae. Intercept Ltd, Andover UK, 1111 pp.
Cydia pomonella (CARPPO) Host
* Wearing CH, Hansen JD, Whyte C, Miller CE, Brown J (2001) The potential for spread of codling moth (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) via commercial sweet cherry fruit: a critical review and risk assessment. Crop Protection 20(6), 465-488. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0261-2194(01)00023-0
Drosophila suzukii (DROSSU) Host
* Kanzawa T (1935) Research into the fruit-fly Drosophila suzukii Matsumura (Preliminary Report). Yamanashi Prefecture Agricultural Experiment Station Report. Japan.

* Kanzawa T (1939) Studies on Drosophila suzukii Mats. Kofu, Yanamashi Agricultural Experimental Station, Japan.
Erwinia amylovora (as Pyrus) (ERWIAM) Host
* Van der Zwet, Keil HL (1979) Fire blight: a bacterial disease of rosaceous Plants. USDA Handbook no. 510. USDA, Washington (US), 200 p.

* Zeller W (1977) Studies on fire blight in the German Federal Republic. 2. Susceptibility of woody ornamentals to Erwinia amylovora. Nachrichtenblatt des Deutschen Pflanzenschutzdienstes 29(1 ), p 1-10.
Erwinia rhapontici (ERWIRH) Host
* Thapa SP, Cho SY, Hur JH, Lim CK (2012) Phenotypic and genetic characterization of Erwinia rhapontici isolated from diseased Asian pear fruit trees. Phytoparasitica 40(5), 507-514.
Foveavirus mali (ASPV00) Host
* Jelkmann W, Paunovic S (2011) Apple stem pitting virus. In: Hadidi A, Barba M, Candresse T, Jelkmann W (eds) Virus and virus-like diseases of pome and stone fruits, pp 35-40.
------- As Pyrus serotina var. culta.

* Wu ZB, Ku HM, Su CC, Chen IZ, Jan FJ (2010) Molecular and biological characterization of an isolate of apple stem pitting virus causing pear vein yellows disease in Taiwan. Journal of Plant Pathology 92(3), 721-728.
------- Confirmed host.
Grapholita inopinata (CYDIIN) Host
* Biosecurity New Zealand (2009) Import Risk Analysis: Pears (Pyrus bretschneideri, Pyrus pyrifolia, and Pyrus sp. nr. communis) fresh fruit from China Final. 462 pp
Grapholita inopinata (as Pyrus) (CYDIIN) Host
Grapholita molesta (as Pyrus) (LASPMO) Host
Grapholita prunivora (as Pyrus) (LASPPR) Host
Gymnosporangium asiaticum (GYMNAS) Host
* Yun YH, Hong SG, Rossman AY, Lee SK, Lee JK, Bae KS (2009) The rust fungus Gymnosporangium in Korea including two new species, G. monticola and G. unicorne. Mycologia 101(6), 790-809.
------- Aecial host.

* Zhao P, Qi XH, Crous PW, Duan WJ, Cai L (2020) Gymnosporangium species on Malus: species delineation, diversity and host alternation. Persoonia 45(1), 68-100.
------- Aecial host.
Gymnosporangium globosum (as Pyrus) (GYMNGL) Host
Halyomorpha halys (HALYHA) Host
* Bergmann E, Bernhard KM, Bernon G, Bickerton M, Gill S, Gonzales C, Hamilton GC, Hedstrom C, Kamminga K, Koplinka-Loehr C, Krawczyk G, Kuhar TP, Kunkel B, Lee J, Leskey TC, Martinson H, Nielsen AL, Raupp M, Shearer P, Shrewsbury P, Walgenbach J, Whalen J, Wiman N (online) Host Plants of the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug in the U.S. https://www.stopbmsb.org/where-is-bmsb/host-plants

* Nielsen AL, Hamilton GC (2009) Life history of the invasive species Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Northeastern United States. Annals of Entomological Society of America 102(4), 608-616.
Hyphantria cunea (as Pyrus) (HYPHCU) Host
Leucoptera malifoliella (as Pyrus) (LEUCSC) Host
Lopholeucaspis japonica (LOPLJA) Host
*  Suh SJ (2020) Host plant list of the scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccomorpha) in South Korea. Insecta Mundi 0757: 1–26

* Shrewsbury PM, Harding NM, Rojas MS & Gill S (2013) Japanese maple scale: Woody ornamental host plants. UMD Extension Publication EBR-18 2013. https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/publications/Japanese%20Maple%20Scale%20%282%29.pdf [Accessed February 15, 2023].
Malacosoma disstria (as Pyrus) (MALADI) Host
Megaplatypus mutatus (as Pyrus) (PLTPMU) Host
* Allegro G, Griffo R (2008) I rischi di diffusione di Megaplatypus mutatus. L'informatore Agrario no. 13, 73-76.
Monilinia fructicola (MONIFC) Host
* Li S, Wang Y, Wu F, Xiao L, Peng W, Xiang M, Chen J, Chen M (2022) First report of Pyrus pyrifolia ‘Cuiguan’ fruit rot caused by Monilinia fructicola in Southern China. Plant Disease 106(1), 327-328. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-21-1076-PDN
------- Detected on Pyrus pyrifolia fruit in storage. Fruits had been harvested from an orchard in Xiajiang county.
Monilinia fructicola (as Pyrus) (MONIFC) Host
Neofabraea malicorticis (as Pyrus) (PEZIMA) Host
Oemona hirta (OEMOHI) Host
* Plant-SyNZ. Landcare Research (NZ). Host plants of a herbivore -Oemona hirta. http://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz/index.asp). Last accessed 2021-06.
Orgyia leucostigma (as Pyrus) (HEMELE) Host
Pear blister canker viroid (as Pyrus) (PBCVD0) Host
Pear bud drop agent (as Pyrus) (PRBD00) Host
Phyllosticta solitaria (as Pyrus) (PHYSSL) Host
* Farr DF, Bills GF, Chamuris GP, Rossman AY (1989) Fungi on plants and plant products in the United States, APS Press, St Paul, USA, 1252 pp.

* Wikee S, Udayanga D, Crous PW, Chukeatirote E, McKenzie EH, Bahkali AH, Dai DQ, Hyde KD (2011). Phyllosticta—an overview of current status of species recognition. Fungal Diversity 51, 43-61.
Phytophthora cactorum (as Pyrus) (PHYTCC) Host
Pseudococcus comstocki (as Pyrus) (PSECCO) Host
Rhagoletis pomonella (RHAGPO) Host
* Yee WL, Norrbom AL (2017) Provisional List of Suitable Host Plants of the Apple Maggot Fly, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae), Version 1.0, 20pp, in USDA Compendium of Fruit Fly Host Information (CoFFHI)
Edition 2.0; https://coffhi.cphst.org/. 
------- confirmed host

* Yee WL, Goughnour RB (2006)  New host records for the apple maggot, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Diptera: Tephritidae), in Washington State.  Pan-Pacific Entomologist  82: 54–60.
------- host as P. serotina L.
Scolytus schevyrewi (as Pyrus) (SCOLSH) Host
Taphrina bullata (as Pyrus) (TAPHBU) Host
Thrips hawaiiensis (as Pyrus) (THRIHA) Host
Trichoferus campestris (as Pyrus) (HESOCA) Host
* Iwata R & Yamada F (1990) Notes on the biology of Hesperophanes campestris, a drywood borer in Japan. Material und Organismen 25, 305–313.
Trichovirus mali (ACLSV0) Host
* Kim N-Y, Lee H-J, Kim N-K, Oh J, Lee S-H, Kim H, Oh J, Kim H, Moon JS, Jeong RD (2019) Survey of major viruses in commercial nursery trees of major pear cultivars in Korea. Research in Plant Disease 25(1), 43–7. https://doi.org/10.5423/RPD.2019.25.1.43
------ confirmed host.

 * Ma L, Zeng Q, Huang W, Wang S, Zhang Y, Cheng Y, Zhang Q, Wang S, Hao L, Xu C, Yu Y (2021) Incidence of major pome fruit tree viruses and viroids in commercial pear orchards in China and in Pyrus betulifolia seedlings. Plant Pathology 70(6), 1467-1475.
Xylella fastidiosa (XYLEFA) Host
* EFSA (2024) Update of the Xylella spp. host plant database – Systematic literature search up to 31 December 2023. EFSA Journal 22, e8898. https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8898
------- Subspecies unknown.
Alternaria gaisen (ALTEKI) Major host
* David JC (2020) Alternaria gaisen. IMI Descriptions of Fungi and Bacteria no. 1431. CABI, Wallingford (GB), 2 pp.
Anoplophora chinensis (as Pyrus) (ANOLCN) Major host
* Sjöman H, Östberg J & Nilsson J (2014) Review of host trees for the wood-boring pests Anoplophora glabripennis and Anoplophora chinensis: an urban forest perspective. Arboriculture & Urban Forestry 40(3), 143–164.
Carposina sasakii (CARSSA) Major host
* Lei X, Li D, Li Z, Zalom FG, Gao L, Shen Z (2012) Effect of host plants on developmental time and life table parameters of Carposina sasakii (Lepidoptera: Carposinidae) under laboratory conditions. Environmental entomology. 41(2), 349-354.
------- as Pyrus sorotina.
Erwinia amylovora (ERWIAM) Major host
* Giorgi S, Scortichini M (2005) Molecular characterization of Erwinia amylovora strains from different host plants through RFLP analysis and sequencing of hrpN and dspA/E genes. Plant Pathology 54, 789-798.

* Park DH, Yu JG, Oh EJ, Han KS, Yea MC, Lee SJ, Myung IS, Shim HS, Oh CS (2016) First report of fire blight disease on Asian pear caused by Erwinia amylovora in Korea. Plant Disease 100(9), p 1946.

* Van der Zwet, Keil HL (1979) Fire blight: a bacterial disease of rosaceous Plants. USDA Handbook no. 510. USDA, Washington (US), 200 p.
Erwinia pyrifoliae (ERWIPY) Major host
* Kim WS, Gardan L, Rhim SL, Geider K (1999) Erwinia pyrifoliae sp. nov., a novel pathogen that affects Asian pear trees (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai). International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 49(2), 899-905.

* Rhim SL, Völksch B, Gardan L, Paulin JP, Langlotz C, Kim WS, Geider K (1999) Erwinia pyrifoliae, an Erwinia species different from Erwinia amylovora, causes a necrotic disease of Asian pear trees. Plant Pathology 48(4), 514-520.
Neofabraea vagabunda (as Pyrus) (PEZIAL) Major host
Neonectria ditissima (as Pyrus) (NECTGA) Major host
Venturia nashicola (VENTNA) Major host
* Ishii H, Watanabe H, Tanabe K (2002) Venturia nashicola: pathological specialization on pears and control trial with resistance inducers. Acta Horticulturae 587, 613-621.
------- confirmed host as P. serotina and P. yohrohensis.
Xylella taiwanensis (XYLETA) Major host
* Su CC, Deng WL, Jan FJ, Chang CJ, Huang H, Shih HT, Chen J (2016) Xylella taiwanensis sp. nov. cause of pear leaf scorch disease in Taiwan. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 66(11), 4766-4771.
Bactrocera pyrifoliae (BCTRPY) Wild/Weed
* Allwood AJ, Chinajariyawong A, Drew RAI, Hamacek EL, Hancock DL, Hengsawad C, Jipanin JC, Jirasurat M, Kong Krong C, Kritsaneepaiboon S, Leong CTS, Vijaysegaran S (1999) Host plant records for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South East Asia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology suppl 7, 1-92.