EPPO Global Database

Lecanosticta acicola(SCIRAC)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1993
From NPPO: Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1994/87) : found in 1993 in Midi-Pyrénées and Aquitaine regions in the SW on young plantations of the hybrid Pinus attenuata x P. radiata and of its parents. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (1994/164) : more details.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/173) : mainly found in South-Western France. First found in several locations on Cedrus atlantica.
References
* 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 Gironde, Landes, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.

* NPPO of France (1994).

* Rapet S, Chauvel G (1994) Cultures ornementales - La situation phytosanitaire en 1993. Phytoma - La Défense des Végétaux no. 459, 46-48.

* Schenck N, Renault C, Saurat C, Daubree JB, Kersaudy E, Husson C, Ioos R (2022) First report of Lecanosticta acicola causing brown spot needle blight on Atlas cedar in France. New Disease Reports 45(2), e12082. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12082
------- On Cedrus atlantica in south-western France.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Germany Present, few occurrences view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...
Switzerland Present, widespread view...