EPPO Global Database

Pospiviroid latenscolumneae(CLVD00)

Distribution details in Denmark

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Absent, pest no longer present
First recorded in: 2009
Comments
First found in 2009 on Gloxinia gymnostoma, G. nematanthodes and G. purpurascens during a survey for pospiviroids in ornamental plants from the families Gesneriaceae and Solanaceae, conducted in the glasshouses of the Botanical Garden of Aarhus.
These plants came to the Botanical Garden of Aarhus in 1987/88 from a plant collection in USA .

Declared as "present in the past" by the NPPO in EFSA 2011
References
* Nielsen SL, Nicolaisen M (2010) First report of Columnea latent viroid (CLVd) in Gloxinia gymnostoma, G. nematanthodes and G. purpurascens in a botanical garden in Denmark. New Disease Reports 22, 4.
http://www.ndrs.org.uk/article.php?id=022004

* EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) (2011) Scientific Opinion on the assessment of the risk of solanaceous pospiviroids for the EU territory and the identification and evaluation of risk management options. EFSA Journal 2011;9(8):2330 [132 pp.]. doi:10.2903/j.efsa.2011. 2330; www.efsa.europa.eu/efsajournal
------- present according to EFSA questionnaire in 2011
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Germany Absent, pest no longer present view...