EPPO Global Database

Xylophilus ampelinus(XANTAM)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2005: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1968
From CABI Disease map 531 (1999): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
The disease was first described in 1895 as 'maladie d'Oléron'. The bacterium was only identified in 1968. In the 1990s, the disease was spreading in Languedoc, Charente, South-West, Savoie, Loire valley.

EPPO Reporting Service (1995/232) : increased incidence in Cognac, Drôme in 1994, and in Gers and Pyrénées-Orientales in 1995.
References
* Anon. (1977) La maladie d'Oléron, bacteriose de la vigne sur les hybrides interspécifiques producteurs. Progrès Agricole et Viticole 94(2), 51-53.

* Anon. (1980) La nécrose bacterienne de la vigne. Progrès Agricole et Viticole 97(1), 11-14.

* Calzolari A (1983) Bacterial blight of grapevine: present knowledge. Informatore Fitopatologico 33(10), 30-34.

* Descoin M (1995) Eutypiose et nécrose bacterienne. Casse-tête sur les bois. Phytoma - La Défense des Végétaux n° 477, 15-16.

* Grall, S, Roulland C, Guillaumès J, Manceau C (2005) Bleeding sap and old wood are the two main sources of contamination of merging organs of vine plants by Xylophilus ampelinus, the causal agent of bacterial necrosis. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 71(12), 8292-8300.
------- Studies in the Cognac area.

* NPPO of France (1992).

* Marcelin H (1977) La lutte contre la nécrose bactérienne de la vigne. Progrès Agricole et Viticole 94(23), 649-650.

* Ridé M (1996) La nécrose bactérienne de la vigne: données biologiques et épidémiologiques, base d'un stratégie de lutte. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie d'Agriculture de France 82(1), 31-50.

* Ridé M, Ridé S, Novoa D (1978) Biology and epidemiology of Xanthomonas ampelina on grapevine in France. Proceedings of the IVth International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria. Vol. II 969-971.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Absent, no pest record view...
Italy Present, no details view...
Italy Sardegna Present, no details view...
Italy Sicilia Present, no details view...
Spain Absent, pest no longer present view...
Spain Islas Canárias Absent, unreliable record view...
Switzerland Absent, unreliable record view...