ASTA Pest Database for Seeds (PeDS)

Scientific name

Primula spp.

Crop

primrose

1 Related Pests

Scientific name

Pseudomonas syringae pv. primulae

Type

bacteria

Other Names

Chlorobacter primulae, Phytomonas primulae, Pseudomonas primulae

Distribution

France, Canada

US Distribution

Countries Listing Pest

Brazil

Data Reviewed

2023-05-09 20:54:16

Other Notes

AN occasional pathogen of primrose

Host Range

primose

Seed a Pathway:

Seed Reference

CABI CPC,RICH ISTA,PSDSPR-1,

Seed Comments

Pathway not proven. Only one dated (1955) reference found indicating seed may be a pathway on P. obconica. This reference could not be verified. Considered an occasional pest of most Primula cultivars in use today.

Reccomended Health Test

Seed Test

CABI CPC,RICH ISTA,PSDSPR-1,

Detection Type

Test Reference

Seed Detection Comments

Risk Type

Risk Reference

Risk Comments

Reference Index

CABI CPC

Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.

RICH ISTA

Richardson, MJ. 1990. An Annotated List of Seedborne Diseases. International Seed Testing Association, Zurich Switzerland.

PSDSPR-1

Chase, AR, Daughter, ML and Cloyd, RA. 2018. Compendium of Bedding Plant Diseases and Pests. American Phytopathological Society. St. Paul MN USA. https://apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/9780890546024.fm#

leaf spot (Pseudomonas syringae pv. primulae)