EPPO Global Database

Little cherry virus 2(LCHV20)

Distribution details in Korea, Republic

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2015
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2018/114) : found in sweet cherry (Prunus avium) during studies conducted in July 2016 in Gyeongju-si and Gyeongsangbuk-do. LChV-2 had been detected earlierin flowering cherry (P. yedoensis).
References
* Cheong EJ, Kim CS, Kinard G, Li R (2015) Evaluation of the status of the virus and viroid infection in flowering cherry (Prunus yedoensis) collections in Korea and the USA. Journal of Plant Pathology 97(2), 321-326.

* Cho SY, Kim H, Yi SI (2018) First report of Little cherry virus 1 and 2 in sweet cherry in Korea. Plant Disease 102(5), p 1045.