EPPO Global Database

Pospiviroid exocortiscitri(CEVD00)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 291 (2007): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
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.
References
* 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).