EPPO Global Database

Lecanosticta acicola(SCIRAC)

Distribution details in Slovenia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: only in some areas (2017-07)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2008/140) : observed in 2008 on pine trees (Pinus sylvestris and P. mugo) in a park in Bled.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/070) : more details about the isolated finding made in a public park in Bled.

From NPPO (2017): occurs in Western Slovenia (Soča valley).
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.
-------- Isolate from Bled.

* Jurc D, Jurc M (2010) Mycosphaerella dearnessii occurs in Slovenia. Plant Pathology 59(4), p 808.

* NPPO of Slovenia (2008-07, 2009-01, 2017-07).

* Sadikovic D, Piskur B, Barnes I, Hauptman T, Diminic D, Wingfield MJ, Jurc D (2019) Genetic diversity of the pine pathogen Lecanosticta acicola in Slovenia and Croatia. Plant Pathology 68(6), 1120-1131.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, restricted distribution view...
Croatia Present, restricted distribution view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...