EPPO Global Database

Citrus tristeza virus(CTV000)

Distribution details in Dominican Republic

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 289 (1998): Present, widespread
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2004/120) : mild strains detected after introduction of the aphid vector Toxoptera citricida. From 1996, severe strains started to be detected.
References
* Anonymous (1995) CARAPHIN News No. 12, 12-13.

* Gottwald TR, Garnsey SM, Borbon J (1998) Increase and patterns of spread of citrus tristeza virus infections in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic in the presence of the brown citrus aphid, Toxoptera citricida. Phytopathology 88, 621-636

* Matos LA, Hilf ME, Cayetano XA, Feliz AO, Harper SJ, Folimonova SY (2013) Dramatic change in Citrus tristeza virus populations in the Dominican Republic. Plant Disease 97(3), 339-345.
------- Dissemination of severe isolates of CTV.

* Serra CA, Cayetano X, Féliz A, Ferreira M, García S, Godoy G, Halpay M, Martínez RT, Méndez RM, de Dios Moya J, Silverio L, Matos L (2011) Impacts of recently emerged invasive exotic species and major threats to the Dominican Agriculture. Proceedings of the Caribbean Food Crops Society 47, 146-156.

* Yokomi RK, Lastra R, Stoetzel MB, Damsteegt VD, Lee RF, Garnsey SM, Gottwald TR, Rocha-Pena MA, Niblett CL (1994) Establishment of the brown citrus aphid (Homoptera: Aphididae) in Central America and the Caribbean Basin and transmission of Citrus tristeza virus. Journal of Economic Entomology 87(4), 1078-1085.