Synchytrium endobioticum(SYNCEN)
Distribution details in Italy
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2025: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 1941
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, in specific parts of the Member State, where host crop(s) are grow, under eradication (2025-09)
From CABI Disease map 001 (2015): Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1941
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, in specific parts of the Member State, where host crop(s) are grow, under eradication (2025-09)
From CABI Disease map 001 (2015): Present, restricted distribution
NPPO (1992): Present, restricted distribution.
NPPO (2025): The disease was reported in Italy in the early 1970s only in a limited outbreak in Valtellina from which the pest was eradicated. One outbreak detected in August 2025 on small field of ware potatoes for personnal consumption in Trento region. Under eradication
NPPO (2025): The disease was reported in Italy in the early 1970s only in a limited outbreak in Valtellina from which the pest was eradicated. One outbreak detected in August 2025 on small field of ware potatoes for personnal consumption in Trento region. Under eradication
* Boncampagni T, Scotti T, Lorenzini T (1951) Experiments on the control of Synchytrium endobioticum using resistant Potato varieties. Notiziario sulle Malattie delle Piante 14, 64-87.
------first observed on potatoes in Italy during 1941 on plots in the Chiavenna mountain region of the Menarola district
* NPPO of Italy (1992, 2025-09).
* USDA (1987) Pests not known to occur in the United States or of limited distribution. No. 92. Potato wart, Synchytrium endobioticum. USDA APHIS-PPQ, Beltsville, USA.
------first observed on potatoes in Italy during 1941 on plots in the Chiavenna mountain region of the Menarola district
* NPPO of Italy (1992, 2025-09).
* USDA (1987) Pests not known to occur in the United States or of limited distribution. No. 92. Potato wart, Synchytrium endobioticum. USDA APHIS-PPQ, Beltsville, USA.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | Absent, pest eradicated | ||
| France | Absent, pest eradicated | ||
| Slovenia | Absent, pest eradicated | ||
| Switzerland | Absent, pest eradicated |