A review of the plant virus and viroid records for Tasmania

A review of the records of plant viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas in Tasmania has found evidence for 51 viruses and one viroid. Based on insufficient evidence, 22 viruses and reports of at least three phytoplasmas are unconfirmed. Most of these unconfirmed pathogens are probably present but further...

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Published inAustralasian plant pathology Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 479 - 492
Main Authors Guy, P. L., Cross, P. A., Wilson, C. R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2020
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Agriculture
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Disease transmission
Ecology
Entomology
Flora
Life Sciences
New records
Plant Pathology
Plant Sciences
Plant viruses
Review
Viroids
Viruses
Tasmania Australia
Virus
Biological invasions
Diagnosis
Australia
Temperate agriculture
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Summary:A review of the records of plant viruses, viroids and phytoplasmas in Tasmania has found evidence for 51 viruses and one viroid. Based on insufficient evidence, 22 viruses and reports of at least three phytoplasmas are unconfirmed. Most of these unconfirmed pathogens are probably present but further work is required to confirm this. Forty two of the listed viruses are aphid transmitted, including 15 potyviruses, 8 carlaviruses and 8 luteoviruses. Only one leafhopper and one whitefly transmitted virus are reported. One new viroid and eighteen new virus records are included. As well as infecting weeds, agricultural and horticultural species, some of the viruses have invaded Tasmania’s native flora.
ISSN:0815-3191
1448-6032
DOI:10.1007/s13313-020-00725-5