EPPO Global Database

Lecanosticta acicola(SCIRAC)

Distribution details in Switzerland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 1995
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1995/239) : found for the first time in 1995-06 on 5 Pinus mugo and 2 P. uncinata in the cemetery of the municipality of Zollikon near Zürich. Control measures were immediately applied.

EPPO Reporting Service (2008/199) : also found in other cantons (St Gallen, Obwelden, Bern, Aargau) but only on Pinus mugo grown in parks and gardens.

Rigling et al. (2021): detected in forests since 2016. From 2009 to the end of 2020, a total of 377 outbreaks were detected in Switzerland. Mainly found on Pinus mugo (83%), also P. sylvestris (7.5%), P. nigra (2%), P. strobus (0.8%), P. cembra (0.3%)
References
* Holdenrieder O, Sieber TN (1995) First report of Mycosphaerella dearnessii in Switzerland. European Journal of Forest Pathology 25(5), 293-295.

* Institut fédéral de recherches sur la forêt, la neige et le paysage WSL, Birmensdorf (CH). Meier F, Engesser R, Forster B, Odermatt O, Angst A (2008) Protection des forêts – Vue d’ensemble 2007. http://www.wsl.ch/forschung/forschungsunits/walddynamik/waldschutz/wsinfo/fsueb/fsub07f.pdf

* Janoušek J, Wingfield MJ, Marmolejo Monsivais JG, Jankovský L, Stauffer C, Konečný A, Barnes I (2016) Genetic analyses suggest separate introductions of the pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola into Europe. Phytopathology 106(11), 1413-1425.
-------- Several isolates from Walensee and Zürich.

* Rigling D, Dubach V, Beenken L, Schneider S, Hölling D, Prospero S, Cornejo C, Ruffner B, Augustinus B, Brockerhoff E, Queloz V (2021) Überwachung von besonders gefährlichen Schadorganismen für den Wald – Jahresbericht 2020. Waldschutz Schweiz / Phytopathologie WSL, 102 pp.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, restricted distribution view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Germany Present, few occurrences view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...