EPPO Global Database

Hosta virus X(HVX000)

Distribution details in Finland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2008
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, restricted distribution (2011-06).
From CABI Disease map 1132 (2012): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/175) : first found in 2008 on imported Hosta spp. Subsequently, HVX was detected in several plant lots (most of them had been imported from the Netherlands but a few had been produced in Finland).
References
* Lemmetty A, Laamanen J, Soukainen M, Tegel J (2011) Emerging virus and viroid pathogen species identified for the first time in horticultural plants in Finland in 1997-2010. Agricultural and Food Science 20, 29-41.

* NPPO of Finland (2011-06).