EPPO Global Database

Spiroplasma citri(SPIRCI)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, few occurrences
From CABI Disease map 375 (2013): Present, few occurrences
From NPPO: Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/177) : detected in 2008 and 2009, in commercial fields of carrots (Daucus carota) in Alicante, Segovia and Valladolid.

EPPO Reporting Service (2015/173) : detected in commercial fields of celery (Apium graveolens) in Alicante, Albacete, Murcia, and Valencia. In some cases, in mixed infections with other pathogens ('Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum', phytoplasmas and Celery mosaic virus).
References
* Abad, P.; Jorda, C.; Alfaro, A. (1988) Comunicaciones del III Congreso Nacional de Fitopatologia, Puerto de la Cruz, 29 Oct.-2 Nov., 1984, pp. 346-3503. Centro de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agrarias, Tenerife, Spain.

* Alfaro-Fernández A, Hernández-Llópis D, Ibáñez I, Rodríguez-León F, Ferrándiz JC, Sanjuán S, Font MI (2015) First report of Spiroplasma citri in celery in Spain. Plant Disease 99(8), p 1175.
------- On celery (Apium graveolens), in some cases in mixed infections with other pathogens.

* Cebrián M. C., Villaescusa FJ, Alfaro-Fernández A, Hermoso de Mendoza AMC, Córdoba-Sellés MC, Jordá C, Ferrándiz JC, Sanjuán S, Font MI (2010) First report of Spiroplasma citri in carrot in Europe. Plant Disease 94(10), p 1264.
------- On carrots (Daucus carota).

* Font San Ambroiso I, Alfaro Fernandez AO (2014) Virus y bacterias asociados a amarilleos y enrojecimientos de la zanahoria en Espana. Phytoma-Espana no. 161, 35-40.
------- On carrots (Daucus carota), mixed infections with 'Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum'.

* Hermoso de Mendoza, A.; Medina, V. (1979) Anales del Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Agrarias, Proteccion Vegetal No. 10, 43-68.

* NPPO of Spain (1992).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Corse Present, restricted distribution view...
France Present, restricted distribution view...
Morocco Present, widespread view...