Thursday, 4 February 2021

PRO/PL> Acidovorax citrulli blotch, tomato - Greece: (MH)

Other Plant Disease -- Greece
_Acidovorax citrulli_ (EPPO A1 List) is the causal agent of bacterial fruit blotch disease of cucurbits. In Greece, it was first detected causing fruit blotch in watermelon (_Citrullus lanatus_) in 2005, and further outbreaks were then detected in 2006 and 2008 (EPPO RS 2009/216).
The detection of _A. citrulli_ in symptomatic tomato seedlings (_Solanum lycopersicum_) in 2 transplant houses [was reported] in June 2019 and April 2020. Tomato leaves presented necrotic black spots, often with

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?8162828&promed&0

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