EPPO Global Database

Potato spindle tuber viroid(PSTVD0)

Distribution details in Australia (Western Australia)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, restricted distribution
From CABI Disease map 729 (2012): Absent, pest eradicated
From NPPO: Absent, pest eradicated
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2003/076) : found and eradicated some time between 1996 and 2001.

Another incursion was detected in 2009 (PSTVd was found on 11 farms) but no new cases were found in 2010 (ProMED, 2010).

EPPO Reporting Service (2016/217) : detected in volunteer and wild plants in the Gascoyne Horticultural District during a survey (2007-2012). Also detected in the in the Ord River irrigation area (Kimberley region) on Physalis angulata.
References
* Mackie, A. E.; McKirdy, S. J.; Rodoni, B.; Kumar, S. (2002) Australasian Plant Pathology 31 (3), 311-312.
------- Glasshouse only.

* Mackie AE, Rodoni BC, Barbetti MJ, McKirdy SJ, Jones RAC (2016) Potato spindle tuber viroid: alternative host reservoirs and strain found in a remote subtropical irrigation area. European journal of Plant Pathology 145(2), 433-446.

* 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

* ProMEd postings of 2010-12-01 (no. 20101201.4322) & 2010-12-09 (20101209.4392). Potato spindle tuber, tomato – Australia (WA) 1 & clarification. http://www.promedmail.org