EPPO Global Database

Xanthomonas vesicatoria(XANTVE)

Distribution details in New Zealand

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, few occurrences
From CABI Disease map 269 (1987): Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, few occurrences
Comments
On the basis of currently available information, both X. vesicatoria and X. euvesicatoria are present in New Zealand.
References
* Dye, D. W. (1975) New Zealand Commercial Grower 30 (4), 21, 23, 25, 26.

* Timilsina S, Jibrin MO, Potnis N, Minsavage GV, Kebede M, Schwartz A, Bart R, Staskawicz B, Boyer C, Vallad GE, Pruvost O (2015). Multilocus sequence analysis of xanthomonads causing bacterial spot of tomato and pepper plants reveals strains generated by recombination among species and recent global spread of Xanthomonas gardneri. Applied and environmental microbiology 81(4), 1520-1529.
------- strains from 1955 and 1971 identified as X. vesicatoria.