EPPO Global Database

Lecanosticta acicola(SCIRAC)

Distribution details in Latvia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2012
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, only in some parts of the Member State concerned (2021-01)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/168) : detected in a single Pinus pumila tree in the National Botanical Garden in Salaspils near Riga, under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2019/040) : still recovered in 2016 from P. mugo at the National Botanical Garden, Salaspils.

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/019) : new findings (Ilūkstes, Daugavpils). Under eradication.

NPPO (2021): Official measures have been terminated because the pathogen is not listed as a Union quarantine pest according to Commission Implementing regulation (EU) 2019/2072.
References
* Mullett MS, Adamson K, Bragança H, Bulgakov TS, Georgieva M, Henriques J, Jürisoo L, Laas M, Drenkhan R (2018) New country and regional records of the pine needle blight pathogens Lecanosticta acicola, Dothistroma septosporum and Dothistroma pini. Forest Pathology 48. e12440. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12440

* NPPO of Latvia (2012-08, 2013-04, 2018-09, 2019-07, 2019-08, 2019-09, 2021-01).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belarus Present, few occurrences view...
Estonia Present, restricted distribution view...
Lithuania Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Far East Absent, unreliable record view...
Russia Present, few occurrences view...
Russia Southern Russia Present, few occurrences view...