EPPO Global Database

Citrus tristeza virus(CTV000)

Distribution details in South Africa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 1940s
From CABI Disease map 289 (1998): Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, widespread
References
* Graca, J. V. da; Marais, L. J.; Broembsen, L. A. von (1982) Citrus and Subtropical Fruit Journal No. 588, 18, 20-21.
------- Severe stem pitting observed in grapefruits in the Nkwalini Valley.

* Marais, L. J. (1981) Citrus and Subtropical Fruit Journal No. 568, 11-14.
------- Severe stem pitting in the Nkwalini Valley and Hluhluwe districts.

* NPPO of South Africa (1992).

* Read DA, Pietersen G (2017) Diversity of Citrus tristeza virus populations in commercial grapefruit orchards in Southern Africa, determined using Illumina MiSeq technology. European Journal of Plant Pathology 148(2), 379-391.

* Read DA, Pietersen G (2015) Genotypic diversity of Citrus tristeza virus within red grapefruit, in a field trial site in south Africa. European Journal of Plant Pathology 142(3), 531-545.

* Vuuren, S. P. van; Collins, R. P.; Graca, J. V. da (1993) Plant Disease 77 (1), 24-28.
------- Isolates from grapefruits from different climatic areas were compared.