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
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