Absence of Septoria fragariae from Australia

Publication Date

Fri, 04 Nov 2016, 05:26

Last Updated

Nov. 4, 2016, 5:26 a.m.

Report Number

AUS-77/1

Country

Australia

Pest Id

Septoria fragariae - (MYCOFR)

Report Status

Final

Hosts

Strawberries (Maas, 1986)

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Absent: pest records unreliable

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Absent: pest records invalid

Summary

Maas (1986) and Hancock (2008) note S. fragariae as present in Australia but provide no further information, or a source for the claim. These records are unreliable as no further details or reference to specimens to verify presence is included in either record.

There have been several records of S. fragariae in Australia. Three (DAR 7929, DAR 71780, VPRI 1784) were misidentified and have been formally identified as Septoria aciculosa (Priest, 2006). One record from Queensland (BRIP 5769) consists of a microscope slide only and as there is no living culture, determination by molecular methods is not possible. Further, an annotation slip with the specimen states 'unable to determine species'. Therefore the status for Queensland is considered to be 'Absent: pest records unreliable'.

Therefore, the status for S. fragariae for Australia is 'absent: pest records unreliable'.

References Hancock, JF 2008, Temperate Fruit Crop Breeding, Springer Science and Business Media, MI.

Maas, JL 1986, Compendium of Strawberry Diseases, American Phytopathological Society, USA.

Priest, MJ 2006, Fungi of Australia: Septoria. ABRS, CSIRO Publishing, Canberra.

Danger

None. Absent from Australia

Contact for info

Australian Chief Plant Protection Officer Australian Government Department of Agriculture and Water Resources GPO Box 858 Canberra ACT 2601 [email protected]

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