Update on the situation of American plum line pattern virus in Italy
The NPPO of Italy recently informed the EPPO Secretariat of results of the official surveys for American plum line pattern virus (Ilarvirus APLPV – EPPO A1 List) on its territory. The virus has been previously recorded from Piemonte, Puglia and Sicilia (EPPO RS 2003/118, RS 2010/108).
Official surveys were conducted in 2021-2025 on Prunus species in the regions of Campania, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Piemonte, Puglia, Toscana, and Veneto in nurseries, orchards and public sites. They included visual inspections of branches and leaves. In the case of suspicious symptoms, symptomatic petals and young leaves were collected from the entire canopy of the plant to obtain a representative sample for subsequent laboratory analysis according to EPPO Standard PM 7/67. No samples tested positive for APLPV.
The status of American plum line pattern virus in Italy is officially declared as: Absent: pest no longer present.
Sources
NPPO of Italy (2026-03).