Risk Background
Quarantine pathogens of Vaccinium spp.
Effective 14 July 2015 to 20 October 2015Quarantine pathogens of Vaccinium spp.
A "quarantine pest" is defined by the International Plant Protection Convention as "a pest of potential economic importance to the area endangered thereby and not yet present there, or present but not widely distributed and being officially controlled". This definition has been applied to exotic pathogens recorded on Vaccinium to produce the following list.
The quarantine pathogens of Vaccinium spp for Australia are listed below.
Viruses
Blueberry latent spherical virus |
Blueberry latent virus |
Blueberry leaf mottle virus |
Blueberry necrotic ring blotch virus |
Blueberry red ring spot virus |
Blueberry scorch virus |
Blueberry shock virus |
Blueberry shoestring virus |
Blueberry virus A |
Peach rosette mosaic virus |
Tomato ring spot virus |
Bacteria
Agrobacterium rubri (cane gall) |
Xylella fastidiosa |
Fungi
Armillaria mellea (root rot) |
Botryosphaeria corticis (cane blight) |
Exobasidium vaccinii (red leaf) |
Fusicoccum putrefaciens (leaf spot) |
Gloeocercospora inconspicua (leaf spot) |
Gloeopsporium minus (leaf spot and stem canker) |
Microsphaera vaccinii (powdery mildew) |
Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi (mummy berry) |
Phomopsis vaccinii, teleomorph Diaporthe vaccinii (twig blight) |
Phyllosticta elongata, teleomorph Botryosphaeria vaccinii (cane blight) |
Phyllosticta vaccinii (leaf spot) |
Phytophthora ramorum (sudden oak death) |
Pucciniastrum goeppertianum (witches broom) |
Seimatosporium vaccinii (leaf spot) |
Phytoplasmas
Blueberry stunt phytoplasma |
Blueberry witches broom phytoplasma |
Blueberry little leaf phytoplasma |
Unknown Etiology
Blueberry mosaic viroid |