EPPO Global Database

Potato yellowing virus(PYV000)

Distribution details in Peru

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
From CABI Disease map 1297 (2021): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1993/151)

EPPO Reporting Service (2006/237) : commonly observed in the Andes, causing systemic yellowing of the foliage. It is transmitted in a semi-persistent manner by aphids and potato true seeds (on which it can cause a necrosis).
References
* Fuentes S, Jayasinghe U (1993) [Potato yellowing, caused by a new bacilliform virus]. Fitopatologia 28(1), 22-37 (in Spanish).

* Salazar LF (2006) Emerging and re-emerging potato diseases in the Andes. Potato Research 49(1), 43-47.

* Silvestre R, Fuentes S, Risco R, Berrocal A, Adams I, Fox A, Cuellar WJ, Kreuze J (2020) Characterization of distinct strains of an aphid-transmitted ilarvirus (Fam. Bromoviridae) infecting different hosts from South America. Virus research 282, 197944. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.virusres.2020.197944
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bolivia Present, restricted distribution view...
Chile Present, no details view...
Colombia Present, no details view...
Ecuador Present, restricted distribution view...