EPPO Global Database

Pucciniastrum minimum(THEKMI)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2021
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: not widely distributed and under official control (2022-02)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2022/036) : first found in September 2021 on a small number of Vaccinium corymbosum plants in a nursery in Perthshire (Scotland), as well as in Kent, Dorset, Devon, Lincolnshire, Buckinghamshire (England).
References
* Latham RL, Beal EJ, Clarkson JP, Nellist CF (2022) First report of Pucciniastrum minimum (syn. Thekopsora minima) causing leaf rust on Vaccinium corymbosum (blueberry) in the United Kingdom and pathogenicity on Vaccinium myrtillus (bilberry). New Disease Reports 45, e12057. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12057

* NPPO of the United Kingdom (2022-02).