Pospiviroid exocortiscitri(CEVD00)
Distribution details in Australia
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2026: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1940s
From CABI Disease map 291 (2007): Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1940s
From CABI Disease map 291 (2007): Present, restricted distribution
EPPO Reporting Service (2014/130) : detected in in 2 samples of Petunia spp. and 1 sample of petchoa (Petunia x Calibrachoa) during a survey carried out in 2012 in Queensland.
* Chambers G A, Geering A D W, Englezou A, Holford P, Vidalakis G, Donovan N J, 2026. Development of a multiplex RT-qPCR assay to detect citrus apscaviroids and its use in citrus viroid surveys in Australia. Australasian Plant Pathology. 54 (6), 559-568. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-025-01072-z
------- detected in 5.2% of samples.
* van Brunschot SL, Persley DM, Roberts A, Thomas JE (2014) First report of pospiviroids infecting ornamental plants in Australia: Potato spindle tuber viroid in Solanum laxum (synonym S. jasminoides) and Citrus exocortis viroid in Petunia spp. New Disease Reports 29, 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2014.029.003
------- Detected in 2 samples of Petunia spp. and 1 sample of petchoa (Petunia x Calibrachoa).
------- detected in 5.2% of samples.
* van Brunschot SL, Persley DM, Roberts A, Thomas JE (2014) First report of pospiviroids infecting ornamental plants in Australia: Potato spindle tuber viroid in Solanum laxum (synonym S. jasminoides) and Citrus exocortis viroid in Petunia spp. New Disease Reports 29, 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2014.029.003
------- Detected in 2 samples of Petunia spp. and 1 sample of petchoa (Petunia x Calibrachoa).