EPPO Global Database

Potyvirus plumpoxi(PPV000)

Distribution details in Japan (Honshu)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2011/086) : first record of PPV in Japan, in several orchards of Japanese apricots (Prunus mume) in the prefectures of Tokyo, Ibaraki and Kanagawa. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2018/165) : more findings in Yokohama city. PPV-M was also detected in 1 P. mume tree. Eradication continues.
References
* Maejima K, Himeno M, Komatsu K, Takinami Y, Hashimoto M, Takahashi S, Yamaji Y, Oshima K, Namba S (2011) Molecular epidemiology of Plum pox virus in Japan. Phytopathology 101(5), 567-574.
------- PPV-D.

* NPPO of Japan (2010-02). Official pest report. http://www.pps.go.jp/english/pestreport/index.html

* Oishi M, Inoue Y, Kagatsume R, Shukuya T, Kasukabe R, Oya H, Hoshino S, Ushiku S, Fujiwara Y, Motokura Y, Maeda Y (2018) First report of Plum pox virus strain M in Japan. Plant Disease 102(4), p 829.
------- PPV-M.