EPPO Global Database

Spongospora subterranea(SPONSU)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, no details
References
* Balendres MA, Tegg RS, Amponsah J, Wislon CR (2018) Zoosporangial root infection of tomato by Spongospora subterranea in hydroponic and glasshouse culture results in diminished plant growth. Phytopathology 166(6), 412-419.
------- Tasmania.

* Hughes IK (1980) Powdery scab (Spongospora subterranea) of potatoes in Queensland: occurrence, cultivar susceptibility, time of infection, effect of soil pH, chemical control and temperature relations. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture and Animal Husbandry 20(106), 625-632 (abst.).
------- Queensland.

* Kirkham RP (1986) Screening for resistance to powdery scab disease of potatoes. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 26(2), 245-247 (abst.).
------- Victoria.

* Letham DB, Murison JA, Francis A, Kennedy PG (1989) Occurrence of Spongospora subterranea in an area of improved pasture at Barrington Tops, New South Wales. Australasian Plant Pathology 18(1), 17-19.
------- New South Wales.

* Sparrow LA, Rettke M, Corkrey SR (2015) Eight years of annual monitoring of DNA of soil-borne potato pathogens in farm soils in south eastern Australia 44(2), 191-203.
------- South Australia and Tasmania.