Pest categorisation of non-EU viruses and viroids of Prunus L.

ABSTRACT: Following a request from the EU Commission, the Panel on Plant Health addressed the pest categorisation of the viruses and viroids of Prunus L. determined as being either non-EU or of undetermined standing in a previous EFSA opinion. These infectious agents belong to different genera and are heterogeneous in their biology. With the exclusion of Ilarvirus S1 and Ilarvirus S2, for which very limited information exists, the pest categorisation was completed for 26 viruses and 1 viroid having acknowledged identities and available detection methods. All these viruses are efficiently transmitted by vegetative plant propagation techniques, with plants for planting representing the major pathway for long-distance dispersal and thus considered as the major pathway for entry. Depending on the virus,

SUBMITTER: EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7009144 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature