DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF PLUM POX VIRUS ON PRUNUS SPECIES IN CRIMEA
Journal: The Journal Agriculture and Forestry
Year: 2015

Plum pox virus (PPV, genus Potyvirus, family Potiviridae) is the causal agent of the Sharka disease and considered the most detrimental viral pathogen of stone fruits. PPV spread over long distances due to uncontrolled exchanges of infected plant material. The spread of Sharka virus (Plum pox virus) in different regions of the Crimea was obtained by monitoring of its viral pathogen in commercial orchards and collection plots of Prunus persica, P. persica var. nectarine, P. armeniaca, P. cerasife