EPPO Global Database

Harringtonia lauricola(RAFFLA)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Laurus nobilis (LURNO) Major host
* Hughes MA, Black A, Smith JA (2014) First report of laurel wilt caused by Raffaelea lauricola on bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) in the United States. Plant Disease 98(8), p 1159.
Persea americana (PEBAM) Major host
* Ploetz RC, Inch SA, Pérez Martínez JM, White Jr TL (2012) Systemic infection of avocado, Persea americana, by Raffaelea lauricola, does not progress into fruit pulp or seed. Journal of Phytopathology 160(9), 491-495

* Ploetz RC, Pérez Martínez JM, Smith JA, Hughes M, Dreaden TJ, Inch SA, Fu Y (2012) Responses of avocado to laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola. Plant Pathology 61(4), 801-808.
Persea borbonia (PEBBO) Major host
* Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, Rabaglia RJ, Ulyshen MD, Mayfield AE III, Hanula JL, Eickwort JM, Miller DR (2008) A fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle causes a lethal wilt in redbay and other Lauraceae in the Southeastern United States. Plant Disease 92, 215-224.

* Menard RD, Clarke SR, Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC (2016) First report of laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola, on redbay (Persea borbonia) in Texas. Plant Disease 100(7), p 1502.
Persea palustris (PEBPA) Major host
* Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, Rabaglia RJ, Ulyshen MD, Mayfield AE III, Hanula JL, Eickwort JM, Miller DR (2008) A fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle causes a lethal wilt in redbay and other Lauraceae in the Southeastern United States. Plant Disease 92, 215-224.
Sassafras albidum (SSAAL) Major host
* Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, Rabaglia RJ, Ulyshen MD, Mayfield AE, Hanula JL, Eickwort JM, & Miller DR (2008) A Fungal Symbiont of the Redbay Ambrosia Beetle Causes a Lethal Wilt in Redbay and Other Lauraceae in the Southeastern United States. Plant Disease 92(2), 215–224.

* Loyd AL, Chase KD, Nielson A, Hoover N, Dreaden TJ, Mayfield AE, Crocker E, Fraedrich SW (2020) First report of laurel wilt caused by Raffaelea lauricola on Sassafras albidum in Tennessee and Kentucky. Plant Disease 104(2), p 567.
Cinnamomum camphora (CINCA) Host
* Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, & Best GS (2015) Xyleborus glabratus attacks and systemic colonization by Raffaelea lauricola associated with dieback of Cinnamomum camphora in the southeastern United States. Forest Pathology 45(1), 60–70.
------- Does not usually cause significant disease in camphortree.

* Smith JA, Mount L, Mayfield Iii AE, Bates CA, Lamborn WA, Fraedrich SW (2009) First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on camphor in Florida and Georgia. Plant Disease 93(2), 198. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-93-2-0198B
Cinnamomum jensenianum (CINJE) Host
* Wuest CE, Harrington TC, Fraedrich SW, Yun HY, & Lu SS (2017) Genetic variation in native populations of the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola, in Taiwan and Japan and the introduced population in the United States. Plant Disease 101(4), 619–628.
Cinnamomum osmophloeum (CINOS) Host
* Wuest CE, Harrington TC, Fraedrich SW, Yun HY, & Lu SS (2017) Genetic variation in native populations of the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola, in Taiwan and Japan and the introduced population in the United States. Plant Disease 101(4), 619–628.
Licaria triandra (LCRTR) Host
* Ploetz RC,  Konkol J (2013) First report of gulf Licaria, Licaria trianda, as a suscept of laurel wilt. Plant Disease 97(9), 1248–1248.
Lindera benzoin (LIEBE) Host
* Eaton MJ, Beale J, Long S, Dreaden TJ, Blevins A, Mayfield A, Buland M, Hadziabdic D, Crocker EV (2023) First report of laurel wilt caused by Harringtonia lauricola (previously Raffaelea lauricola) on Northern spicebush in Kentucky and Tennessee. Plant Disease 107(4), 1221.

* Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, Rabaglia RJ, Ulyshen MD, Mayfield AE, Hanula JL, Eickwort JM, & Miller DR (2008) A fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle causes a lethal wilt in redbay and other Lauraceae in the Southeastern United States. Plant Disease, 92(2), 215–224.

* Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, McDaniel BA, Best GS (2016) First report of laurel wilt, caused by Raffaelea lauricola, on spicebush (Lindera benzoin) in South Carolina. Plant Disease 100(11), 2330.

* Olatinwo R, Hwang J, Johnson W (2021) First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on spicebush in Louisiana. Plant Disease 105(8), 2250.
Lindera melissifolia (LIEML) Host
* Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, Bates CA, Johnson J, Reid LS, Best GS, Leininger TD, Hawkins TS (2011) Susceptibility to laurel wilt and disease incidence in two rare plant species, pondberry and pondspice. Plant Disease 95(9), 1056-1062.
Litsea aestivalis (LISAE) Host
* Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, Bates CA, Johnson J, Reid LS, Best GS, Leininger TD, Hawkins TS (2011) Susceptibility to laurel wilt and disease incidence in two rare plant species, pondberry and pondspice. Plant Disease 95(9), 1056-1062.
Persea humilis (PEBHU) Host
* Hughes MA, Shin K, Eickwort J, Smith JA (2012) First report of laurel wilt disease caused by Raffaelea lauricola on silk bay in Florida. Plant Disease 96(6), p 910-911.
Lindera aggregata (LIEST) Experimental
* Shih H, Wuest CE, Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, & Chen C (2018) Assessing the susceptibility of Asian species of Lauraceae to the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola. Taiwan Journal For Science 33, 173-184.
------- As Lindera strychnifolia.
Machilus thunbergii (PEBTH) Experimental
* Shih H, Wuest CE, Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, & Chen C (2018) Assessing the susceptibility of Asian species of Lauraceae to the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola. Taiwan Journal For Science 33, 173-184.
Machilus zuihoensis (MCHZU) Experimental
* Shih H, Wuest CE, Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, & Chen C (2018) Assessing the susceptibility of Asian species of Lauraceae to the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola. Taiwan Journal For Science 33, 173-184.
Persea indica (PEBIN) Experimental
* Hughes MA, Brar G, Ploetz RC, Smith JA (2013) Field and growth chamber inoculations demonstrate Persea indica as a newly recognized host for the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea laurciola. Plant Health Progress 14(1):44.
Persea liebmannii (PEBLB) Experimental
* Smith J. and Black A, unpublished.
Phoebe sp. (PBOSS) Experimental
* Shih H, Wuest CE, Fraedrich SW, Harrington TC, & Chen C (2018) Assessing the susceptibility of Asian species of Lauraceae to the laurel wilt pathogen, Raffaelea lauricola. Taiwan Journal For Science 33, 173-184.
Umbellularia californica (UMBCA) Experimental
* Fraedrich SW (2008) California laurel is susceptible to laurel wilt caused by Raffaelea lauricola. Plant Disease 92(10), 1469. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-92-10-1469A
------- host in inoculation experiments.