EPPO Global Database

Dothistroma septosporum(SCIRPI)

Distribution details in Belarus

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2012
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/184) : first found in 2012 on young Pinus strobus in the Verhnedvinsk arboretum (Vitebsk region). Confirmed by molecular methods in 2013 on P. sylvestris in Vitebsk region, and subsequently on P. mugo in botanical gardens in Vitebsk and Minsk.
References
* Markovskaja S, Raitelaitytė K, Kačergius A, Kolmakov P, Vasilevich V (2020) Occurrence of Dothistroma needle blight in Lithuania and Belarus: The risk posed to native Scots Pine forests. Forest Pathology, e12626. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12626

* Golovchenko LA, Dishuk NG, Panteleev SV, Baranov OY (2021) New data on the spread of the invasive species Dothistroma septosporum (Dorogin) M. Morelet in Belarus. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Biological Series 66(2), 147-158. https://doi.org/10.29235/1029-8940-2021-66-2-147-158 [in Russian with English abstract].
-------survey in 2016–2020 in botanical and dendrological gardens, forest nurseries and mini-arboretums at forestry enterprises, urban stands, nurseries of decorative plants, garden centers. Detected in 60% of inspected sites. Often found in imported planting material.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Latvia Present, restricted distribution view...
Lithuania Present, few occurrences view...
Poland Present, widespread view...
Ukraine Present, restricted distribution view...