EPPO Global Database

Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid(TCDVD0)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2007
Eradication in: 2015
Pest status declared by NPPO: Absent: pest eradicated (2015-10)
From CABI Disease map 1071 (2009): Absent, intercepted only
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2008/006) : first found in 2007 on Petunia samples collected from 5 nurseries in Scotland. All infected lots have been destroyed.

EPPO Reporting Service (2016/004) : officially declared eradicated in October 2015.
References
* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – United Kingdom (GBR-02/3 2015-10-30) Columnea latent viroid. https://www.ippc.int/index.php

* James T, Mulholland V, Jeffries C, Chard J (2008) First report of Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid infecting commercial Petunia stocks in the United Kingdom. Plant Pathology 57(2), p 400.