EPPO Global Database

Potato spindle tuber viroid(PSTVD0)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 2007
From CABI Disease map 729 (2012): Present, few occurrences
Comments
PSTVd was first reported in 2007 on asymptomatic plants of Solanum jasminoides and S. rantonnetii in Lazio and Puglia. Detected in Liguria in 2008 on S. jasminoides and nearby tomatoes.

EPPO Reporting Service (2008/008) : PSTVd detected in symptomless ornamental Solanaceae (Solanum jasminoides, S. rantonnetii) in Puglia (Southern Italy).

Official surveys conducted in 2009 detected PSTVd in 21 samples of Solanum jasminoides from nurseries in Lazio region, all infected lots were destroyed. PSTVd was not detected in other Italian regions.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/137) : PSTVd was detected in autumn 2008 in Liguria region in Solanum jasminoides and nearby tomatoes (family garden). It is suspected that infected plants of S. jasminoides were the source of infection.

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/108) : PSTVd was detected in 2010 in a few lots of Solanum jasminoides and Cestrum. All infected lots were destroyed. PSTVd is absent in potato production.

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/155) : detected in symptomless ornamentals in Liguria and Campania, all infected plant material has been destroyed.
References
* Di Serio F (2007) Identification and characterization of Potato spindle tuber viroid infecting Solanum jasminoides and S. rantonnetii in Italy. Journal of Plant Pathology 89(2), 297-300.

* Di Serio F, Silletti MR, Trisciuzzi VN, Guario A, Percoco A, Lillo AR (2007) [Potato spindle tuber viroid in ornamental Solanaceae and its detection by tissue printing hybridization assay.] Informatore Fitopatologico no. 12, 82-85 (in Italian).

* Luigi M, Luison D, Tomassoli L, Faggioli F (2011) First report of Potato spindle tuber and Citrus exocortis viroids in Cestrum spp. in Italy. New Disease Reports 23, 4. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2011.023.004

* NPPO of Italy (2010-01, 2011-01, 2011-03, 2011-04).

* Silletti MR, Navarro B, Bozzano G, Trisciuzzi VN, Di Serio F (2009) [PSTVd a threat to tomato and potato crops]. L’informatore Agrario no. 11, 89-90 (in Italian).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Austria Present, few occurrences view...
France Absent, pest eradicated view...
Slovenia Present, few occurrences view...
Switzerland Present, few occurrences view...