Tomato spotted wilt virus and potato spindle tuber viroid in Africa
Tomato spotted wilt virus has been recorded to be present in Nigeria and Zaire.
Potato spindle tuber viroid has been reported as tomato bunchy top occurring on tomato in South Africa, Ivory Coast and Nigeria.
EPPO Distribution List: Tomato spotted wilt virus
EPPO region: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain (including Canary Islands), Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USSR, Yugoslavia.
Asia: Afghanistan, China, India, Japan, Nepal, USSR.
Africa: Madagascar, Mauritius, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Zimbabwe.
North America: Canada, Mexico, USA (including Hawaii).
Central America and Caribbean: Jamaica, Puerto Rico.
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Guyana, Uruguay.
Oceania: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea.
This list replaces all previous EPPO Distribution Lists for tomato spotted wilt virus!
EPPO Distribution List: Potato spindle tuber viroid
EPPO region: Poland, Turkey, USSR. Found but eradicated in the Commonwealth Potato Collection held in Scotland (UK), in the 1970s.
Asia: China, India, Japan, Turkey (EPPO country), probably other countries.
Africa: Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa.
North America: Canada (but reported absent from seed potato crops in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island), USA.
South America: There are unconfirmed records for Argentina and Brazil and the situation in other countries remains uncertain.
Oceania: Australia, found in 1982 in germplasm collections in quarantine in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia; eradicated.
This list replaces all previous EPPO Distribution Lists for potato spindle tuber viroid!
Sources
Thottappilly, G. (1992) Plant virus diseases of importance to African Agriculture.
Journal of Phytopathology 134, 265-288.
EPPO Secretariat, Paris (1992-04)