Pest Free Status of Pantoea ananatis in ornamentals in Singapore

Publication Date

Thu, 06 Feb 2014, 00:00

Last Updated

Nov. 18, 2014, 9:01 a.m.

Report Number

SGP-05/2

Country

Singapore

Pest Id

Erwinia ananatis - (ERWIAN)

Report Status

Final

Hosts

Plants reported to be hosts of Pantoea ananatis currently include Allium cepa (onion), Ananas comosus (pineapple), Cucumis melo (melon) Eucalyptus spp., Oryza sativa (rice), Solanum lycopersicum (tomato), Sorghum bicolor (sorghum) and Zea mays (maize). [Source: CABI CPC 2014]

Pest Status (old values from ISPM 8 -1998 )

• Absent: no pest records

Pest Status (ISPM 8 - 2021)

• Absent: pest not recorded

Geographical Distribution

Source: CABI CPC 2014 Worldwide distribution

Summary

Singapore initiated a detection survey for Pantoea ananatis on ornamentals from Dec 2011 - Jan 2013 with a sample size of 373 to determine the status of this bacterium. A total of 373 samples, consisting of 234 different species of non-angiospermic (16), monocotyledonous (204) and dicotyledonous (153) plants, obtained from 43 sites around Singapore, were tested negative for the presence of Pantoea ananatis. Therefore the status of this bacterium is Absent: no pest records (confirmed by survey).

Danger

Ornamental plants

Contact for info

Ms. Mei Lai Yap Contact Point for Singapore [email protected]

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