Tomato apical stunt viroid in the Netherlands: most prevalent pospiviroid in ornamentals and first outbreak in tomatoes

• Published in: European journal of plant pathology Vol. 133; no. 4; pp. 803 - 810
• Main Authors: Verhoeven, J. Th. J., Botermans, M., Meekes, E. T. M., Roenhorst, J. W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.08.2012; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Agriculture; Biological and medical sciences; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Ecology; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Life Sciences; Ornamental plants; Pathogens; Phytopathology. Animal pests. Plant and forest protection; Plant diseases; Plant Pathology; Plant Sciences; Plant viruses and viroids; Tomatoes; Netherlands; Europe; Western Europe; Survey; Pospiviroid; Plant pathogen; Citrus exocortis viroid; Pospiviroidae; Columnea latent viroid; Virus; Vegetable crop; Dicotyledones; Viroid; Angiospermae; Lycopersicon esculentum; Tomato chlorotic dwarf viroid; Spermatophyta; Chrysanthemum stunt viroid; Solanaceae; Potato spindle tuber viroid
• ISSN: 0929-1873; 1573-8469
• DOI: 10.1007/s10658-012-0005-6

In the Netherlands a survey for pospiviroids was performed in ornamental plants from 2006 up to 2011. Tomato apical stunt viroid (TASVd) was the most frequently found pospiviroid, causing infections in Brugmansia sp., Cestrum sp., Lycianthes rantonnetii , Solanum jasminoides and Streptosolen jamesonii . In addition, five other pospiviroids were detected. In 2011 TASVd also was found in tomato plants in a single greenhouse. The genotype of this isolate was identical to the TASVd genotype found most frequently in ornamentals. This indicates that an ornamental species has been the source of inoculum for the tomato crop.