EPPO Global Database

Potato spindle tuber viroid(PSTVD0)

Distribution details in Ghana

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2012
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/199) : causes Rasta disease in tomato with TASVd.
References
* Batuman O, Osei MK, Mochiah MB, Lamptey JN, Miller S, Gilbertson RL (2013) The first report of Tomato apical stunt viroid (TASVd) and Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) in tomatoes in Ghana. Phytopathology 103, S2-12.
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* Batuman O, Çiftçi ÖC, Osei MK, Miller SA, Rojas MR, Gilbertson RL (2019) Rasta disease of tomato in Ghana is caused by the Pospiviroids Potato spindle tuber viroid and Tomato apical stunt viroid. Plant Disease 103(7), 1525-1535.

* Skelton A, Buxton-Kirk A, Fowkes A, Harju V, Forde S, Ward R, Frew L, Wagstaff O, Pearce TR, Terry J, Dickie J, Cockel C, Nyamongo DO, Aboagye LM, Wasswa JM, Fox A (2019) Potato spindle tuber viroid detected in seed of uncultivated Solanum anguivi, S. coagulans and S. dasyphyllum collected from Ghana, Kenya and Uganda. New Disease Reports 39, 23. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2019.039.023