Strawberry vein banding caulimovirus not present in strawberry plants in Denmark
Concerning EPPO Reporting Service article 515/04 about the detection in Norway of strawberry vein banding caulimovirus in Fragaria plants originating from Denmark, the Danish Plant Directorate has informed EPPO that the virus has not been found by the Plant Directorate or the Plant Protection Service of Denmark in strawberry plants either inside or outside the compulsory certification system operating for strawberry plant production in Denmark.
The Danish Plant Directorate stressed further that, after leaving Denmark, the plants were held at the experimental station in Norway with different strawberry cultivars of different origins for a period of two years.
Sources
Plant Directorate, Denmark (1991-12)