EPPO Global Database

Plum pox virus(PPV000)

Distribution details in United States of America (Pennsylvania)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 1999
Eradication in: 2013
From CABI Disease map 392 (2007): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1999/169) : found on a fruit farm in Adams county. Dideron strain. Under eradication.

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/020) : after intensive surveys in New York, Michigan and Pennsylvania in 2001, 8 new orchards and 8 new gardens were found infected in Adams county and 3 other counties of Pennsylvania.

EPPO Reporting Service (2007/124) : still in Pennsylvania.

Declared eradicated from Pennsylvania in 2013.
References
* INTERNET
PennState Extension (2013-02-11). Pennsylvania Plum pox virus officially eradicated. http://extension.psu.edu/plants/tree-fruit/news/2013/pennsylvania-plum-pox-virus-officially-eradicated

* Levy L, Damsteegt V, Welliver R (2000) Plant Disease 84 (2), 202.
------- First record in North America.

* Levy L (2006) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 36 (2), 217-218.
------- PPV-D.

* ProMED-mail posting (October 1999) Plum pox virus - USA (Pennsylvania).
------- First record, Adams County. Under eradication.

* Schneider WL, Damsteegt VD, Gildow FE, Stone AL, Sherman DJ, Levy LE, Mavrodieva V, Richwine N, Welliver R, Luster DJ (2011) Molecular, ultrastuctural and biological characterization of Pennsylvania isolates of Plum pox virus. Phytopathology 101(5), 627-636.
------- Isolates from Pennsylvania are closely related to PPV-D isolates but with some differences in aphid transmission (M. persicae more efficient).

* USDA (2019) USDA declares United States free from Plum pox virus. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom/news/sa_by_date/sa-2019/plum-pox-declaration
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Canada Nova Scotia Absent, pest eradicated view...
Canada Present, restricted distribution view...
Canada Ontario Present, restricted distribution view...