EPPO Global Database

Banana bunchy top virus(BBTV00)

Distribution details in Australia (New South Wales)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 019 (2013): Present, restricted distribution
References
* Allen, R. N. (1987) Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 38 (2), 373-382.

* Karan, M.; Harding, R. M.; Dale, J. L. (1994) Journal of General Virology 75 (12), 3541-3546.

* Magee, C. J. (1927) Bulletin of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Australia 30, 64.

* Newley, P. (2000) Agnote NSW Agriculture No. DPI-310, 1-2.

* ProMed posting (no. 20160121.3953294) of 2016-01-21. Bunchy top, banana - Australia: (New South Wales). http://www.promedmail.org/post/3953294
------- Severe outbreak (7500 banana plants destroyed in an old plantation near Nimbin) in 2015.