EPPO Global Database

Plum pox virus(PPV000)

Distribution details in Türkiye

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1968
From CABI Disease map 392 (2007): Present, restricted distribution
From NPPO: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
PPV has a limited distribution in Turkey, it has been found in the Aegean, Central Anatolia, Marmara, and Mediterranean regions.

EPPO Reporting Service (1997/192) : PPV-M strain.

EPPO Reporting Service (2005/012) : main production area (eastern Anatolia) still free, also other production areas except in region of Bursa (Marmara region). But PPV widespread in Ankara region.

EPPO Reporting Service (2005/055) : found in Kahramanmaras province (eastern Mediterranean region) in peach and cherry. First record in cherry in Turkey.

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/009) : also found near Adana and Mersin (Mediterranean region).

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/080) : recombinant strain reported for the first time from Turkey.

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/124) : strains D and M (this RS refers back to a publication predating EPPO Reporting Service (2007/080) )

EPPO Reporting Service (2013/245) : new strain PPV-T (Turkey) detected in the region of Ankara.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/175) : detected on Tilia spp. in Istanbul during surveys in 2017-2018.
References
* Akbas B, Degirmenci K, Ciftci O, Kaya A, Yurtmen M, Uzunogullari N, Celik N, Turkolmez S (2011) Update on Plum pox virus distribution in Turkey. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 50(1), 75-83.
------- First records in Aksaray, Kayseri and Konya provinces (Central Anatolia region), Canakkale (Marmara region), Izmir (Aegean region).

* Candresse T, Svanella-Dumas L, Gentit P, Caglayan K, Cevik B ( 2007) First report of the presence of Plum pox virus Rec strain in Turkey. Plant Disease 91(3), p 331.

* Caglayan K (2006) Plum pox virus (PPV) in Turkey. EPPO Bulletin 36(2), 216-217.

* Caglayan K, Kaya K, Serçe CU, Gazel M, Cengiz FC, Vidal E, Cambra M (2012) Susceptibility of different Prunus rootstocks to natural infection by Plum pox virus-T. Abstract of a poster presented at the 22nd International Conference on virus and other graft transmissible diseases of fruit crops (Rome, 2012-06-03/08), p 145.
------- PPV-T in Aegean, Central Anatolia and Marmara regions.
* Çıtır A, Akbilek Y, Ilbağı H (2021) First report of Plum pox virus on Tilia spp. in Turkey. New Disease Report 44, e12027. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12027

* Elibuyuk, S. O.; Erdiller, G. (1995) Acta Horticulturae No. 384, 549-552.

* Ilbagi H, Citir A (2014) Detection and partial molecular characterization of Plum pox virus on almond trees in Turkey. Phytoparasitica 42(4), 485-491.
------- PPV-T detected on almond in Trakya (Marmara region).

* Koç G, Baloglu S (2006) First report of sharka in the Cukurova region of Turkey. Journal of Plant Pathology 88(3 suppl.); S68.

* Sahtiyanci, S. (1969) Sharka virus on plum. FAO Plant Protection Bulletin 17 (3), 68-69.

* Serçe CU, Candresse T, Svanella-Dumas L, Krizbai L, Gazel M, Caglayan K (2009) Further characterization of a new recombinant group of Plum pox virus isolates, PPV-T, found in orchards in the Ankara province of Turkey. Virus Research 142(1-2), 121-126.
------- PPV-T

* Teber S, Ceylan A, Gurcan K, Candresse T, Ulubas Serce C, Akbulut M, Kaymak S, Akbas B (2021) Genetic diversity and molecular epidemiology of the T strain of Plum pox virus. Plant Pathology 68(4), 755-763.
------- PPV-T.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Azerbaijan Absent, unreliable record view...
Bulgaria Present, widespread view...
Georgia Absent, pest no longer present view...
Greece Present, widespread view...
Iran Present, no details view...
Syria Present, few occurrences view...