EPPO Global Database

Rose wilt agent(ROW000)

Distribution details in Netherlands

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1992: Absent, invalid record
Comments
Reports since 1970 of rose disorders in which symptoms reminiscent of the classic symptoms of rose wilt have been described. However, EPPO no longer accepts that there is a specific pest causing rose wilt.
References
* Bos, L.; Perquin, F.W. (1975) Rose bud proliferation, a disorder of still unknown etiology. Netherlands Journal of Plant Pathology 81, 187-198.

* Roenhorst, J.W.; Verhoeven, J.T.J. (1993) Virologie. Jaarboek Plantenziektenkundige Dienst 1989/1990.