EPPO Global Database

Apple hammerhead viroid(AHVD00)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Malus domestica (MABSD) Major host
* Szostek SA, Wright AA, Harper SJ (2018) First report of apple hammerhead viroid in the United States, Japan, Italy, Spain, and New Zealand. Plant Disease 102(12), 2670.
------- confirmed host.
Eriobotrya japonica (EIOJA) Host
* Canales C, Morán F, Olmos A, Ruiz-García AB (2021) First detection and molecular characterization of Apple Stem Grooving Virus, Apple Chlorotic Leaf Spot Virus, and Apple Hammerhead Viroid in loquat in Spain. Plants 10(11), 2293. 
------- confirmed host.