Absence of Ditylenchus destructor in Australia

Publication Date

Tue, 24 Jun 2008, 00:00

Last Updated

June 30, 2015, 5:21 a.m.

Report Number

AUS-11/2

Country

Australia

Pest Id

Ditylenchus destructor - (DITYDE)

Report Status

Final

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Absent: pest records invalid

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Absent: pest records invalid

Summary

Previous records that reported the presence of Ditylenchus destructor in Australia (New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia) are erroneous or resulted from taxonomic confusion with other Ditylenchus species. Recent surveys and surveillance programs that have been carried out have failed to detect this nematode.

Contact for info

IPPC Contact Point Australian Government Department of Agriculture GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia [email protected]

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Issue keywords

Pest status:Absent/Absence

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