EPPO Global Database

Verticillium nonalfalfae hop strains(VERTAH)

Distribution details in Slovenia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, subject to official control (2014-07)
Comments
In Slovenia, the mild form of hop wilt has appeared sporadically since 1974 but an outbreak of the lethal form was reported in 1997 (Radisek et al., 2003; Mandelc et al., 2009).

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/134) : detailed update on the situation of the severe strains of V. albo-atrum in Slovenia.
References
* Mandelc S, Radisek S, Jamnik P, Jovornik B (2009) Comparison of mycelial proteomes of two Verticillium albo-atrum pathotypes from hop. European Journal of Plant Pathology 125(1), 159-171.

* NPPO of Slovenia (1996, 2014-07).

* Radisek S, Jakse J, Simoncic A, Javornik B (2003) Characterization of Verticillium albo-atrum field isolates using pathogenicity data and AFLP analysis. Plant Disease 87, 633-638.