EPPO Global Database

Seiridium cardinale(SEIRCA)

Distribution details in New Zealand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 1933
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/191) : cypress canker is found throughout New Zealand (present on both Islands). The incidence and impact of the disease intensify as the mean temperature increases, making it more prominent in Northland and Auckland. The three causal fungi (S. cardinale, S. cupressi, S. unicorne) have been reported from New Zealand.
References
* Birch TTC (1933) Gummosis diseases of Cupressus macrocarpa. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 3, 108-113.

* Boesewinkel HJ (1983) New records of the three fungi causing cypress canker in New Zealand, Seiridium cupressi (Guba) comb.nov. and S. cardinale on Cupressocyparis and S. unicorne on Cryptomeria and Cupressus. Transactions of the British Mycological Society 80(3), 544-457.

* della Rocca G, Eyre CA, Danti R, Garbelotto M (2011) Sequence and simple-sequence repeat analyses of the fungal pathogen Seiridium cardinale indicate California is the most likely source of the cypress canker epidemic for the Mediterranean region.
Phytopathology 101(12), 1408-1417.

* INTERNET
Farm Forestry New Zealand. Cypress canker. http://www.nzffa.org.nz/farm-forestry-model/the-essentials/forest-health-pests-and-diseases/diseases/Cypress-canker/Cypress-cankerPath08