EPPO Global Database

Xylella fastidiosa(XYLEFA)

Distribution details in Ecuador

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Absent, confirmed by survey
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent (2019-11)
Comments
From NPPO (2019): until now there is no reliable bibliographic resource that indicates the presence of X. fastidiosa in Ecuador and since 2014, the 'National System of phytosanitary surveillance of Agrocalidad' has never detected it. X. fastidiosa is officially declared as absent from Ecuador.
References
* Marcelletti S, Scortichini M (2016) Xylella fastidiosa CoDiRO strain associated with the olive quick decline syndrome in southern Italy belongs to a clonal complex of the subspecies pauca that evolved in Central America. Microbiology (Reading) 162 (12), 2087-2098.
------- intercepted in Coffea plants from Ecuador.

* NPPO of Ecuador (2019-11).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
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