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Datasheet

Neonectria ditissima (Nectria canker (apple, pear))

Summary

  • Last modified
  • 24 September 2012
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Pest
  • Natural Enemy
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Neonectria ditissima
  • Preferred Common Name
  • Nectria canker (apple, pear)
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Fungi
  •         Phylum: Ascomycota
  •             Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
  •                 Class: Sordariomycetes

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Pictures

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Nectria canker on main stem of young apple (cv. Cox).
TitleSymptoms on apple tree
CaptionNectria canker on main stem of young apple (cv. Cox).
CopyrightT. Swinburne
Nectria canker on main stem of young apple (cv. Cox).
Symptoms on apple treeNectria canker on main stem of young apple (cv. Cox).T. Swinburne
Apple fruit (cv. Bramley's Seedling) rotting by N. galligena after 3 months in CA store.
TitleSymptoms on apple fruit
CaptionApple fruit (cv. Bramley's Seedling) rotting by N. galligena after 3 months in CA store.
CopyrightT. Swinburne
Apple fruit (cv. Bramley's Seedling) rotting by N. galligena after 3 months in CA store.
Symptoms on apple fruitApple fruit (cv. Bramley's Seedling) rotting by N. galligena after 3 months in CA store.T. Swinburne
Perithecia of N. galligena on apple
TitlePerithecia of N. galligena on apple
Caption
CopyrightT. Swinburne
Perithecia of N. galligena on apple
Perithecia of N. galligena on appleT. Swinburne
Conidia of Cylindrocarpon heteronemum from two isolates, illustrating range of size and degree of septation.
TitleConidia of C. heteronemum
CaptionConidia of Cylindrocarpon heteronemum from two isolates, illustrating range of size and degree of septation.
CopyrightT. Swinburne
Conidia of Cylindrocarpon heteronemum from two isolates, illustrating range of size and degree of septation.
Conidia of C. heteronemumConidia of Cylindrocarpon heteronemum from two isolates, illustrating range of size and degree of septation.T. Swinburne

Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Neonectria ditissima (Tul. & C. Tul.) Samuels & Rossman [teleomorph] (Tul. & C. Tul.) Samuels & Rossman

Preferred Common Name

  • Nectria canker (apple, pear)

Other Scientific Names

  • Cucurbitaria ditissima (Tul. & C. Tul.) Kuntze
  • Cylindrocarpon heteronema (Berk. & Broome) Wollenw. [anamorph] (Berk. & Broome) Wollenw.
  • Cylindrocarpon mali (Allesch.) Wollenw. [anamorph] (Allesch.) Wollenw.
  • Cylindrocarpon willkommii (Lindau) Wollenw.
  • Fusarium heteronemum Berk. [anamorph] Berk.
  • Fusarium willkommii Lindau
  • Nectria ditissima Tul. & C. Tul. [teleomorph] Tul. & C. Tul.
  • Nectria ditissima var. arctica Wollenw.
  • Nectria ditissima var. ditissima Wollenw.
  • Nectria galligena Bres.
  • Nectria magnoliae M. L. Lohman & Hepting
  • Neonectria galligena (Bres.) Rossman & Samuels

International Common Names

  • English: apple canker; European canker (apple, pear); eye rot (apple, pear); pear canker; perennial Nectria canker (Canada)
  • Spanish: chancro Europeo (manzano, peral)
  • French: chancre commun (pommier, poirier); chancre Europeen (pommier, poirier)
  • Portuguese: cancro Europeu (pomares de pomoideas)

Local Common Names

  • Chile: cancro Europeo (manzano, peral); Nectria (manzano, peral)
  • Germany: Krebs (apfel, kirsche); Lagerfaeule (apfel); Obstbraumkrebs; Rinderbrand (obstgehoelze)

EPPO code

  • NECTDI (Nectria ditissima)

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Fungi
  •         Phylum: Ascomycota
  •             Subphylum: Pezizomycotina
  •                 Class: Sordariomycetes
  •                     Subclass: Hypocreomycetidae
  •                         Order: Hypocreales
  •                             Family: Nectriaceae
  •                                 Genus: Neonectria
  •                                     Species: Neonectria ditissima

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

CountryDistributionLast ReportedOriginFirst ReportedInvasiveReferencesNotes

ASIA

AfghanistanPresentUK CAB International, 1985
India
-Himachal PradeshPresentUK CAB International, 1985
Indonesia
-JavaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
IranPresentUK CAB International, 1985
IraqPresentUK CAB International, 1985
JapanPresentUK CAB International, 1985
Korea, Republic ofPresentUK CAB International, 1985
LebanonPresentUK CAB International, 1985
Saudi ArabiaPresentRamadani & Aggab, 1993
SyriaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
TaiwanPresentUK CAB International, 1985

AFRICA

South AfricaAbsent, invalid recordCarstens et al., 2010; UK CAB International, 1985
Spain
-Canary IslandsPresentGardner & Hodges, 1990

NORTH AMERICA

CanadaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-British ColumbiaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-New BrunswickPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-Nova ScotiaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-OntarioPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-Prince Edward IslandPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-QuebecPresentUK CAB International, 1985
MexicoPresentUK CAB International, 1985
USA
-CaliforniaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-ConnecticutPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-FloridaPresentBarnard et al., 1988
-IllinoisPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-IndianaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-MainePresentUK CAB International, 1985
-MarylandPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-MassachusettsPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-MichiganPresentThomas & Hart, 1986
-MinnesotaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-MississippiPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-New HampshirePresentUK CAB International, 1985
-New YorkPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-North CarolinaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-North DakotaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-OregonPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-PennsylvaniaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-Rhode IslandPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-South DakotaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-VermontPresentHouston, 1994
-VirginiaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-WashingtonPresentUK CAB International, 1985
-West VirginiaPresentUK CAB International, 1985

SOUTH AMERICA

ArgentinaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
ChilePresentUK CAB International, 1985
UruguayPresentUK CAB International, 1985

EUROPE

AustriaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
BelgiumPresentUK CAB International, 1985
BulgariaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
Czechoslovakia (former)PresentUK CAB International, 1985
DenmarkPresentUK CAB International, 1985
EstoniaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
Faroe IslandsPresentUK CAB International, 1985
FrancePresentUK CAB International, 1985
GermanyPresentpUK CAB International, 1985
GreecePresentUK CAB International, 1985
HungaryPresentUK CAB International, 1985
IcelandPresentUK CAB International, 1985
IrelandPresentUK CAB International, 1985
ItalyPresentUK CAB International, 1985
LithuaniaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
MacedoniaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
NetherlandsPresentUK CAB International, 1985
NorwayPresentUK CAB International, 1985
PolandPresentUK CAB International, 1985
PortugalPresentde Sousa & Avelar, 1988
-AzoresPresentGardner & Hodges, 1990
-MadeiraPresentGardner & Hodges, 1990
RomaniaPresentUK CAB International, 1985
Russian FederationPresentUK CAB International, 1985
SlovakiaPresentStafancik et al., 1996
SpainPresentUK CAB International, 1985
SwedenPresentUK CAB International, 1985
SwitzerlandPresentUK CAB International, 1985
UKPresentUK CAB International, 1985
UkrainePresentUK CAB International, 1985
Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro)PresentSusuri, 1988

OCEANIA

Australia
-TasmaniaEradicatedRansom, 1997
New ZealandPresentUK CAB International, 1985

Host plants/Plants Affected

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Plant nameFamilyContext
Acer circinatumAceraceaeOther
Acer macrophyllum (broadleaf maple)AceraceaeOther
Acer pensylvanicum (striped maple)AceraceaeOther
Acer rubrum (red maple)AceraceaeOther
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)AceraceaeMain
Acer spicatum (Mountain maple)AceraceaeOther
Aesculus (buckeye)HippocastanaceaeOther
Alnus incana (grey alder)BetulaceaeOther
Betula alleghaniensis (yellow birch)BetulaceaeMain
Betula lenta (sweet birch)BetulaceaeOther
Betula nigra (river birch)BetulaceaeOther
Betula papyrifera (paper birch)BetulaceaeOther
Betula pendula (common silver birch)BetulaceaeOther
Betula populifolia (gray birch)BetulaceaeOther
Carpinus betulus (hornbeam)BetulaceaeOther
Carya cordiformis (bitternut hickory)JuglandaceaeOther
Carya glabra (Pignut hickory)JuglandaceaeOther
Carya illinoinensis (pecan)JuglandaceaeOther
Carya ovata (shagbark hickory)JuglandaceaeOther
Carya tomentosaJuglandaceaeOther
Cornus nuttallii (Pacific dogwood)CornaceaeOther
Corylus avellana (hazel)BetulaceaeOther
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)FagaceaeOther
Fagus sylvatica (common beech)FagaceaeOther
Frangula alnus (alder buckthorn)RhamnaceaeOther
Fraxinus excelsior (ash)OleaceaeOther
Fraxinus nigra (black ash)OleaceaeOther
Juglans cinerea (butternut)JuglandaceaeOther
Juglans nigra (black walnut)JuglandaceaeOther
Liriodendron tulipifera (tuliptree)MagnoliaceaeOther
Malus domestica (apple)RosaceaeMain
Nyssa sylvatica (tupelo)CornaceaeOther
Populus grandidentata (Bigtooth aspen)SalicaceaeOther
Populus tremuloides (trembling aspen)SalicaceaeOther
Prunus serotina (black cherry)RosaceaeOther
Pyrus communis (European pear)RosaceaeMain
Pyrus pyrifolia (Oriental pear tree)RosaceaeOther
Quercus alba (white oak)FagaceaeOther
Quercus bicolor (swamp white oak)FagaceaeOther
Quercus coccinea (scarlet oak)FagaceaeOther
Quercus garryana (Garry oak)FagaceaeOther
Quercus laurifolia (Laurel oak)FagaceaeOther
Quercus rubra (northern red oak)FagaceaeOther
Quercus velutina (black oak)FagaceaeOther
Rhus typhina (staghorn sumac)AnacardiaceaeOther
Rosa (roses)RosaceaeOther
Salix alba (white willow)SalicaceaeOther
Salix amygdaloides (peachleaf willow)SalicaceaeOther
Sorbus aucuparia (mountain ash)RosaceaeOther
Tilia americana (basswood)TiliaceaeOther
Ulmus americana (American elm)UlmaceaeOther
Ulmus glabra (mountain elm)UlmaceaeOther

Growth Stages

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List of Symptoms

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SignLife StagesType

Fruit

lesions: black or brown

Stems

canker on woody stem
dieback

Whole plant

plant dead; dieback

Natural Enemies

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Natural enemyTypeLife stagesSpecificityReferencesBiological control inBiological control on
Bacillus subtilisPathogenapples
Trichoderma koningiiAntagonistapples

Plant Trade

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Plant parts liable to carry the pest in trade/transportPest stagesBorne internallyBorne externallyVisibility of pest or symptoms
Barkhyphae; sporesYesYesPest or symptoms usually visible to the naked eye
Fruits (inc. pods)hyphae; sporesYesYesPest or symptoms usually visible to the naked eye
Stems (above ground), Shoots, Trunks, Brancheshyphae; sporesYesYesPest or symptoms usually visible to the naked eye
Plant parts not known to carry the pest in trade/transport
Bulbs, Tubers, Corms, Rhizomes
Growing medium accompanying plants
Roots
Seedlings, Micropropagated plants
True seeds (inc. grain)

References

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