EPPO Global Database

Xylella fastidiosa(XYLEFA)

Distribution details in Honduras

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/012) : intercepted by the Netherlands on a consignment of coffee from Honduras (interception).

Detected again in studies carried out on imported ornamental Coffea arabica plants from Honduras.
References
* Bergsma-Vlami M, van de Bilt JLJ, Tjou-Tam-Sin NNA, van de Vossenberg BTLH, Westenberg M (2015) Xylella fastidiosa in Coffea arabica ornamental plants imported from Costa Rica and Honduras in the Netherlands. Journal of Plant Pathology 97(2), p 395.
------- Interception.

* Bergsma-Vlami M, van de Bilt JLJ, Tjou-Tam-Sin NNA, Helderman CM, Gorkink-Smits PPMA, Landman NM, van Nieuwburg JGW, van Veen EJ, Westenberg M (2017) Assessment of the genetic diversity of Xylella fastidiosa in imported ornamental Coffea arabica plants. Plant Pathology 66(7), 1065-1074.
------- Interceptions.