EPPO Global Database

Xylella fastidiosa(XYLEFA)

Distribution details in Germany

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2016
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent: pest eradicated (2018-03)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/133) : X. fastidiosa subsp. fastidiosa was detected in July 2016 in a single potted plant of Nerium oleander kept under a glasshouse (to overwinter) located in Saxony. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/141) : as a precautionary measure, all plants of the glasshouse were destroyed in 2017. Intensive surveys did not detect the bacterium in the glasshouse and its surrounding. The isolated infestation in Saxony was officially declared eradicated in March 2018.
References
* NPPO of Germany (2016-07, 2018-03).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Belgium Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Czech Republic Absent, intercepted only view...
France Corse Present, restricted distribution view...
France Transient view...
Netherlands Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Switzerland Absent, confirmed by survey view...