EPPO Global Database

Potato mop-top virus(PMTV00)

Distribution details in Sweden

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, widespread
From CABI Disease map 874 (2002): Present, no details
Comments
PMTV causes significant economic losses to potato production (Santala et al., 2010). Found in all Swedish countries, except the two most northern ones (Beuch et al., 2014).
References
* Beuch U, Persson P, Edin E, Kvarnheden A (2014) Necrotic disease caused by viruses in Swedish potato tubers. Plant Pathology 63(3), 667-674.

* Erikkson, B. (1996) 37th Swedish Crop Protection Conference, 26-27 January, 1996. Agriculture - pests, diseases and weeds, 185-191. Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet, Uppsala, Sweden.

* Germundsson, A.; Sandgren, M.; Savenkov, E.; Valkonen, J. (2000) Vaxtskyddsnotiser 64 (3/4), 51-58.

* Sandgren, M. (1995) Potato Research 38, 379-389.

* Sandgren, M.; Savenkov, E. I.; Valkonen, J. P. T. (2001) Archives of Virology 146 (3), 467-477.

* Santala et al. (2010) Detection, distribution and control of Potato mop-top virus, a soil-borne virus, in northern Europe. Annals of Applied Biology, 157(2), 163-178.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Finland Present, restricted distribution view...
Norway Present, no details view...