EPPO Global Database

Xanthomonas euvesicatoria pv. allii(XANTAA)

Distribution details in Mauritius

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2008: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1984
From CABI Disease map 982 (2006): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2005/063) .

According to Picard et al.(2008), in the Mascarene archipelago, the bacterium was first observed in Mauritius in 1984, and then in Réunion (onion fields in 1993, leek and garlic in 2000).
References
* Humeau L, Roumagnac P, Soustrade I, Gagnevin L, Degas J, Jeuffrault E, Pruvost O (2004) Une maladie émergente de l’oignon à la Réunion. Le dépérissement bactérien causé par Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii. Phytoma – La Défense des Végétaux, no. 573, 28-30.

* Picard Y, Roumagnac P, Legrand D, Humeau L, Robène-Soustrade I, Chiroleu F, Gagnevin L, Pruvost O (2008) Polyphasic characterization of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii associated with outbreaks of bacterial blight on three Allium species in the Mascarene Archipelago. Phytopathology 98(8), 919-925.

* Roumagnac P, Pruvost O, Chiroleu F, Hugues G (2004) Spatial and temporal analyses of bacterial blight of onion caused by Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. allii. Phytopathology, 94(2), 138-146.