EPPO Global Database

Ullucus tuberosus(ULLTU)

Pests

Organism Type
Polerovirus PLRV (PLRV00) Doubtful host
* Lizarraga C, Santa Cruz M, Salazar LF (1996) First report of potato leafroll virus in ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus Caldas). Plant Disease 80, 344.

* EFSA (2020) Scientific Opinion on the pest categorisation of potato leafroll virus (non-EU isolates). EFSA Journal 18(1), 5939. 35 pp. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2020.5939
------- considered doubtful because only reported once based only on ELISA (Lizarraga et al., 1996 above), and another article (Fox et al., 2019) reported a new polerovirus in this species which showed cross-reactions with PLRV antibodies in ELISA
Nacobbus aberrans sensu lato (NACOBA) Host
* Franco J, Main G (2008) Management of nematodes of Andean tuber and grain crops. In: Integrated Management and Biocontrol of Vegetable and Grain Crops Nematodes. Ciancio A, Mukerji KG (eds.). Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 99-117.
Potexvirus papayae (PAPMV0) Host
Tepovirus tafsolani (PVT000) Host
* Lizárraga C, Querci M, Santa Cruz M, Bartolini I, Salazar LF (2000) Other natural hosts of Potato virus T. Plant Disease 84, 736–738.
Tymovirus latandigenum (APLV00) Host
* Lizarraga C, Santa Cruz M, Jayasinghe U (1996) Detection of an isolate of Andean potato latent virus in ulluco (Ullucus tuberosus Caldas). Plant Disease 80, 344.

* Lizarraga C, Santa Cruz M, Salazar LF (1997) Progress in identifying viruses infecting Andean root and tuber crops. In: CIP Program Report 1995-1996, pp 156-158. International Potato Centre, Lima, Peru. https://cgspace.cgiar.org/handle/10568/109459