Serratia ureilytica(SERRUR)
Distribution details in United States of America (Iowa)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2021
First recorded in: 2021
Cucurbit yellow vine disease was previously thought to be caused by S. marcescens, but has been reallocated to S. ureilytica by Mphande et al. (2025) [2026-04]
* Mphande K, Beattie GA, Gleason ML (2024) First report of cucurbit yellow vine disease caused by Serratia marcescens on cucurbit crops in Iowa. Plant Disease 108(4), 1093. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-23-2716-PDN
* Mphande K, LaSarre B, Paulsen AA, Hartung R, Badilla-Arias S, Gleason ML, Beattie GA (2025) Bacteria that Cause Cucurbit Yellow Vine Disease Fall Within the Serratia ureilytica Species of the S. marcescens Complex and Can Be Vectored by Cucumber Beetles. Phytopathology 115, 606-617. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-24-0321-R
------- isolated from plants, and from the spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi and the striped cucumber beetle Acalymma vittatum.
* Mphande K, LaSarre B, Paulsen AA, Hartung R, Badilla-Arias S, Gleason ML, Beattie GA (2025) Bacteria that Cause Cucurbit Yellow Vine Disease Fall Within the Serratia ureilytica Species of the S. marcescens Complex and Can Be Vectored by Cucumber Beetles. Phytopathology 115, 606-617. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-24-0321-R
------- isolated from plants, and from the spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi and the striped cucumber beetle Acalymma vittatum.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | Absent, no pest record |