Monday, 9 May 2016

PRO/PL> Potato spindle tuber viroid, capsicum - Switzerland: 1st rep (AG,ZH)

Other Plant Disease -- Switzerland
The NPPO [National Plant Protection Organisation] of Switzerland recently informed EPPO of the 1st official finding of _Potato spindle tuber viroid_ (_Pospiviroid_, PSTVd - EPPO A2 List) on plants of _Capsicum annuum_ (various seedless cultivars) on its territory.
In March 2016, PSTVd was simultaneously detected (RT-PCR, sequencing) in 2 distinct places of production (greenhouses) located in the cantons of Zurich and Aargau. The infected capsicum plants belonged to the same lot which had

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://bit.ly/1TzULPO

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