EPPO Global Database

Alphanucleorhabdovirus tuberosum(PYDV00)

Distribution details in Saudi Arabia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1998: Absent, unreliable record
From CABI Disease map 111 (2009): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (97/057): the EPPO Secretariat could not obtain more details or confirmation of this unusual record, which has therefore been considered as unreliable.
References
* Al-Shahwan, I.M.; Abdalla, O.A.; Al-Saleh, M.A. (1997) Viruses in the northern potato-producing regions of Saudi Arabia. Plant Pathology, 46(1), 91-94.

* Al-Shahwan, I. M.; Abdalla, O. A.; Al-Saleh, M. A. (1998) Journal of King Saud University, Agricultural Sciences 10 (1), 45-53.
------- Gassim and Riyadh. On potato (Solanum tuberosum).