PRO/PL> L Little cherry disease – Australia (02): LChV-2, 1st rep (TS)

Other Plant Disease — Worldwide/Unknown
Confirmation of the little cherry virus [LChV-2 – see link below] in one orchard in Tasmania has triggered a process to limit the disease’s spread [and] define the distribution of the infection in Tasmania and interstate.
Andrew Bishop, Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment [DPIPWE], says [they are] the lead agency in a national response to the little cherry disease.
“The testing that we do is using molecular techniques to diagnose the disease quite