EPPO Global Database

Plum pox virus(PPV000)

Distribution details in Finland

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2014
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2015/136) : first found in July 2014 in a mother-tree (Prunus domestica cv. ‘Renklod Mitshurinskij’) in a nursery in Eastern Finland. Later found in a small number of other plum trees which had been produced from this mother tree. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/212) : officially declared eradicated.
References
* NPPO of Finland (2018-10).

* Santala J, Soukainen M (2015) First report of Plum pox virus on plum in Finland. Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 45(early view) DOI:10.1111/epp.12199
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Norway Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Central Russia Present, no details view...
Russia Southern Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Russia Present, restricted distribution view...
Sweden Absent, pest eradicated view...