EPPO Global Database

Columnea latent viroid(CLVD00)

Distribution details in United Kingdom (England)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2010: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2007
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2008/007) : in England, 4 outbreaks of Columnea latent viroid (Pospiviroid, CLVd) were confirmed in nurseries producing tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) in December 2007. Phytosanitary measures are being implemented to contain the outbreaks and eradicate the disease.

EPPO Reporting Service (2010/038) : further details about the 4 outbreaks detected in 2007. By the end of 2008, all outbreaks were eradicated.
References
* Hammon RW (2003) Columnea latent viroid. In: Viroids (eds Hadidi A, Flores R, Randles JW, Semancik JS) CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood (AU), pp 231-232.

* INTERNET (last retrieved in 2008-01)
- APS website. APSnet Feature Story by Hammon RW, Owens RA (2006) Viroids: new and continuing risks for horticultural and agricultural crops. http://www.apsnet.org/online/feature/viroids/
- DEFRA website. Plant Health. Update: First UK findings of Columnea latent viroid on tomato production nurseries. http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/newsitems/clvd.htm

* Nixon T, Glover R, Mathews-Berry S, Daly M, Hobden E, Lambourne C, Harju V, Skelton A (2010) Columnea latent viroid (CLVd) in tomato: the first report in the United Kingdom. Plant Pathology 59(2), p 392.

* NPPO of United Kingdom, 2007-08.