EPPO Global Database

Apple fruit crinkle viroid(AFCVD0)

Distribution details in Japan (Honshu)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1976
Comments
First observed in 1976 in an apple orchard (cv. Mutsu) in Iwate Prefecture. Later found in Aomori Prefecture (on cv. Nero-26).

Hataya (2024): on persimmons in Kinki region.
References
* Hataya T (2024) Genetic diversity of apple fruit crinkle viroid populations in Japanese persimmons and the infectivity of a predominant sequence variant to tomato plants. European Journal of Plant Pathology 169(2), 273-285.

* Ito T, Koshida K (1998) Reproduction of Apple fruit crinkle disease symptoms by Apple fruit crinkle viroid. Acta Horticulurae 472, 587-594.

* Koganezawa H, Ito T (2010) Apple fruit crinkle viroid. In: Hadidi A, Barba M, Candresse T, Jelkmann W (eds) Virus and Virus-Like Diseases of Pome and Stone Fruits. APS Press, pp 53-55.