Serratia ureilytica(SERRUR)
Distribution details in United States of America (Oklahoma)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, no details
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]
* Bruton BD, Mitchell F, Fletcher J,Pair SD, Wayadande A, Melcher U, Brady J, Bextine B, Popham W (2003) Serratia marcescens, a phloem-colonizing, squash bug -transmitted bacterium: causal agent of Cucurbit yellow vine disease. Plant Disease 87(8), 937-944.
* 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
* 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
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | Absent, no pest record |