EPPO Global Database

Citrus tristeza virus(CTV000)

Distribution details in Croatia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1990
From CABI Disease map 289 (1998): Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
Found in 1990 in southern Croatia (near the river Neretva).

EPPO Reporting Service (1999/025) : the old record in Yugoslavia (found for example in DMQPE) no doubt refers to presence along the Adriatic coast of Croatia. The pest is not present in Serbia.

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/027) : stem-pitting strains detected.
References
* Cerni S, Skoric D, Krajacic, Gatin Z, Santos C, Martins V, Nolasco G (2005) Occurrence of stem-pitting strains of Citrus tristeza virus in Croatia. Plant Disease 89(3), p. 342.

* Cerni S, Skoric D, Ruscic J, Krajacic M, Papic T, Djelouah K, Nolasco G (2009) East Adriatic – a reservoir region of severe Citrus tristeza virus strains. European Journal of Plant Pathology 124(4), 701-706.
------- Stem pitting strains detected in Croatia.

* Černi, S., Hančević, K. & Škorić, D. (2020). Citruses in Croatia – cultivation, major virus and viroid threats and challenges. Acta Botanica Croatica, 79 (2), 228-235. https://doi.org/10.37427/botcro-2020-027
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present, restricted distribution view...
Montenegro Present, restricted distribution view...
Slovenia Absent, no pest record view...