EPPO Global Database

Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid(TCDVD0)

Distribution details in Japan (Honshu)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2010: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2006
Eradication in: 2010
From CABI Disease map 1071 (2009): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/021) : first report on commercial tomato crops in Hiroshima Prefecture.

EPPO Reporting Service (2011/177) : TCDVd caused devastating damage to tomato plants in commercial greenhouses in Hiroshima and Chiba Prefectures in 2006 but has since been eradicated from Japan.
References
* Matsushita Y, Kanda A, Usugi T, Tsuda S (2008) First report of a Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid disease on tomato plants in Japan. Journal of General Plant Pathology 74(2), 182-184 (abst.).

* Matsushita Y, Usugi T, Tsuda S (2009) Host range and properties of Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid. European Journal of Plant Pathology 124(2), 349-352.
------- TCDVd found in 2006 in large numbers of tomato plants in Hiroshima Prefecture.

* Matsuura S, Matsushita Y, Usugi T, Tsuda S (2010) Disinfection of Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid by chemical and biological agents. Crop Protection 29(10), 1157-1161.
------- Consider that TCDVd has been eradicated from Japan.