Pest categorisation of non-EU viruses of Fragaria L.

ABSTRACT: Following a request from the EU Commission, the Panel on Plant Health addressed the pest categorisation of the viruses and viroids of Fragaria 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 strawberry latent virus and strawberry latent C virus for which very limited information exists, the pest categorisation was completed for 12 viruses having acknowledged identities and available detection methods. All these viruses are efficiently transmitted by vegetative 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

SUBMITTER: EFSA Panel on Plant Health (PLH) 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7009162 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature