Harringtonia lauricola

TaxID: 483707

Basic Information

Harringtonia lauricola

Laurel Wilt

Harringtonia lauricola is an obligate nutritional fungal symbiont of the redbay ambrosia beetle (Xyleborus glabratus), which is native to Asia, and a pathogen of living woody laurel plants (Lauraceae) in the southeastern United States, such as redbay (Tamala borbonia), swampbay (Tamala palustris), sassafras (Sassafras albidum), and avocado (Persea americana). The disease associated with Harringtonia lauricola infection is called laurel wilt, and is characterized by drought-like response symptoms such as canopy wilting and die-back. Laurel wilt endangers the U.S. avocado industry due to its rapid spread throughout impacted groves, partially due to X. glabratus attration to stressed trees and partially due to root graft transmission from infected trees and non-infected trees. The most effective methods for controlling Harringtonia lauricola are preventative. Management strategies include maintaining healthy laurel trees and complete uprooting, chipping, and removal of any infected trees or wood material. Climate change and international exchange of wood materials increase the risk of spreading Harringtonia lauricola to neighboring countries, such as Mexico, thus putting their multibillion dollar avocado industry at risk.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Ascomycota

Sordariomycetes

Ophiostomatales

Ophiostomataceae

Harringtonia

lauricola

Undefined

Photos (5 photos)

Harringtonia lauricola
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Harringtonia lauricola
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Harringtonia lauricola
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(c) Jeff Eickwort@BY-NC
Harringtonia lauricola
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(c) Jeff Eickwort@BY-NC
Harringtonia lauricola
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(c) Jeff Eickwort@BY-NC

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (18 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (3 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Chile Quarantine pests 2019
United Kingdom Quarantine pest 2023
Peru Absent —

Distribution (10 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Bangladesh Present —
China Present
India Present —
Japan Present
Republic of Korea Present —
Myanmar Present —
Thailand Present —
Taiwan, China Present —
United States of America Present
Viet Nam Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_002778145.1 Scaffold 34 299 2873 -

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR11941283 - - - 111654438 USA
SRR11941282 - - - 110400695 USA
SRR11941281 - - - 89040466 USA

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature