EPPO Global Database

Potato yellowing virus(PYV000)

Distribution details in Ecuador

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2000s
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/013) : recently detected in 6 Solanum phureja (potato) accessions (15% of the material) which had been collected from different provinces (Azuay, Cañar, Loja).

EPPO Reporting Service (2016/143) : found in 2014 in symptomatic pepper (Capsicum annuum) fields in Puembo, Pichincha province.

EPPO Reporting Service (2020/112) : detected in Solanum quitoense (naranjilla) in Tumbaco (Pichincha province).
References
* Ramos K, Sivaprasad Y, Guevara F, Ochoa-Corona F, Viera W, Flores F (2020) Occurrence of potato yellowing virus in naranjilla (Solanum quitoense Lam.) in Ecuador. Journal of Plant Pathology 102, p 597. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-019-00479-0
------- On Solanum quitoense (naranjilla) in Tumbaco (Pichincha province).

* Silvestre R, Untiveros M, Cuellar WJ (2011) First report of Potato yellowing virus (genus Ilarvirus) in Solanum phureja from Ecuador. Plant Disease 94(3), p 335.
------- On Solanum phureja from Azuay, Cañar, and Loja provinces.

* Sivaprasad Y, Garrido P, Mendez K, Garrido A. Ramos L (2015) First report of Potato yellowing virus infecting pepper in Ecuador. Journal of Plant Pathology 97(suppl.), S75.
------- On Capsicum annuum in the province of Pichincha.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Peru Present, no details view...