EPPO Global Database

Plum pox virus(PPV000)

Distribution details in Egypt

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, widespread
From CABI Disease map 392 (2007): Present, widespread
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service 504/04 of 1990.

EPPO Reporting Service (97/192): El Amar strain.

EPPO Reporting Service (2000/022) : in surveys on peach, plum and apricot over 1987/1997, virus incidence ranged from 2.2 to 57.9%, in Fayoum, Giza (middle Egypt), Dakahlia, Menoufiya, Sharkia (lower Egypt). Highest incidence observed in Fayoum

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/124) : strain El-Amar.
References
* Aboul-Ata AE, Awad MA, Gergis NS, Ibrahim LM, Zeidan M, Mazyad HM, Gergis NS (1999) Acta Horticulturae No. 488, 761-764.

* Aboul-Ela A, Aboul-Ata AE, Mazyad HM (1999) Acta Horticulturae No. 488, 745-751.

* Abdel-Ghaffar MH, El-Nasr MAA, Hari V (1998) Acta Horticulturae 472, 385-391.
------- PPV-El Amar, on apricot.

* El-Hammady, M.; Abo El-Abbas, F.; Mazyed, H. (1995) Rasteniev"dni Nauki 32 (4), 47-54.
------- El-Fayioum governorate, on apricot.

* Ghanem GAM, Youssef S, Salama EA, Mazyad HM, Shalaby A (2001) Egyptian Journal of Phytopathology 29 (1), 1-10.
------- PPV-El-Amar.

* Matic S, Elmaghraby I, Law V, Varga A, Reed C, Myrta A, James D (2011) Serological and molecular characterization of isolates of Plum pox virus strain El Amar to better understand its diversity, evolution and unique geographical distribution. Journal of Plant Pathology 93(2), 303-310.
------- 16 isolates collected from El Fayoum and El Amar, all were PPV-El-Amar.

* Myrta, A.; Terlizzi, B. di; Boscia, D.; Caglayan, K.; Gavriel, I.; Ghanem, G.; Varveri, C.; Savino, V. (1998) Acta Virologica 42 (4), 251-253.
------- PPV-El Amar, in Qualubia, Fayoum, Munofia, Dakahlia, North Sinai, Behera governorates.

* Youssef SA, Shalaby A (2006) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 36 (2), 208.
------- PPV-El-Amar.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Israel Present, few occurrences view...