EPPO Global Database

Nepovirus nicotianae(TRSV00)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2018: Present, few occurrences
From CABI Disease map 144 (1984): Present, no details
From NPPO: Present, few occurrences
Comments
Previously given as "Absent; found, but not established". In 1996, country itself specifies status C, i.e. "Present, few reports".
References
* Brunt, A. A. (1975) Acta Horticulturae No.47, pp. 45-50.
------- Found occasionally in imported rhizomatous and bulbous irises.

* Cooper, J. I.; Edwards, M. L. (1985) Mitteilungen, Biologischen Bundesanstalt fur Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Berlin-Dahlem No. 228, pp. 89-91.
------- In amenity grasses.

* Defra (2018) Rapid Pest Risk Analysis (PRA) for: Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV). 23 pp. Available at https://pra.eppo.int/pra/6e693e88-1a57-4e43-9bea-823b143c8a8c.
-------there is no evidence that TRSV has ever been eradicated from Pelargonium stocks, especially since no surveys have been carried out since 2003. The nematode vectors do not occur in the UK.

* Stone, O. M.; Hollings, M.; Barton, R. J. (1981) 1979 Annual Report of the Glasshouse Crops Research Institute, pp. 150-151. Glasshouse Crops Research Institute, Littlehampton, UK.
------- First record on Pelargonium in the UK.