First report of Pseudomonas syringae on olives (Olea europaea) in South Australia

B. H. Hall, E. J. Cother, D. Noble, R. McMahon and T. J. Wicks

Abstract

Pseudomonas syringae was recorded on olives (Olea europaea) for the first time in South Australia in March 2001 from a property approximately 30 km south of Adelaide, South Australia. The bacterium was recovered from sunken brown stem lesions on 2-year-old olive trees cv. Barnea. In the following season from December 2001, further infections were observed on 3-year-old trees of the same cultivar in an adjacent planting on the same property, with branch death occurring on many of the affected trees.

Australasian Plant Pathology 32(1) 119 - 120 (2003) doi:10.1071/AP02053