EPPO Global Database

Potato spindle tuber viroid(PSTVD0)

Distribution details in Australia (New South Wales)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2001
Eradication in: 2003
From CABI Disease map 729 (2012): Absent, pest eradicated
From NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2003/076) : found in 1982 and then eradicated; found again in 2001. Surveys in the area since then have found no further case, and the pest is considered to have been eradicated.
References
* Cartwright, D. N. (1984) Australasian Plant Pathology 13 (1), 4-5.
------- Glen Innes.

* Hailstones, D. L.; Tesoriero, L. A.; Terras, M. A.; Dephoff, C. (2003) Australasian Plant Pathology 32 (2), 317-318.
------- Glasshouse only.

* Navaratnam SJ (1984) Quarterly Newsletter, Asia and Pacific Plant Protection Commission, FAO 27 (1/3), 5-6
------- The pathogen was detected in approx. half the lines in the potato breeders' collection in Glen Innes, NSW in 1982. However, eradication measures have made it unlikely that the disease is still present in Australia.

* Plant Health Australia Ltd (2021) Biosecurity plan for the potato industry (version 3.2, 2021). Plant health Australia, Canberra, ACT. 166 pp

* ProMEd postings of 2003-06-18 & 2003-06-20. Potato spindle tuber, tomato – Australia (NSW) 1 & 2. http://www.promedmail.org