Quarantine plant pathogen
Ophiovirus citri → Aphis spiraecola → Potyvirus plumpoxi
RU A2 P-K potential
Scoring
All four metrics are dimensionless. The total score is the product of specificity, host distance and confidence.
0.250
Specificity
1 / the number of pathogens on the vector — this vector carries 4 pathogens in EPPO.
1.00
Host distance
1.0 = no shared hosts · 0.5 = shared family · 0.2 = shared genus · 0.0 = shared species.
0.50
Confidence (P-K)
K = confirmed vector (1.0), P = potential (0.5); both edges are multiplied.
0.125
Total
specificity × host distance × confidence
Distribution: Potyvirus plumpoxi
Countries with recorded presence per the EPPO Global Database (60 ISO codes).
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Host plants: Potyvirus plumpoxi
Top 10 host taxa per EPPO; classes per EPPO host categorisation.
- Prunus armeniaca PRNAR Major host
- Prunus domestica PRNDO Major host
- Prunus persica PRNPS Major host
- Prunus salicina PRNSC Major host
- Phalaenopsis amabilis PQAAM Host
- Phalaenopsis sp. PQASS Host
- Prunus americana PRNAM Host
- Prunus avium PRNAV Host
- Prunus besseyi PRNBE Host
- Prunus brigantina PRNBR Host
Synonyms: Potyvirus plumpoxi
- Scharka-Virus: Pflaume
- Scharka-Virus: Abrikose
- Scharka-Virus: Pfirsich
- Scharka-Krankheit
- pox of plum
- sharka
- virus de la peca del ciruelo
- sharka
- sharka
- variole du prunier
- sharka
- vaiolatura delle drupacee
Sources
Ophiovirus citri ↔ Aphis spiraecola
* Portillo MM, Benatena HN (1986) [Transmission of psorosis from citrus to citrus by aphids]. Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina 45, 299-305 (in Spanish).
Aphis spiraecola ↔ Potyvirus plumpoxi
* Cambra M, Vidal E (2017) Sharka, a vector-borne disease caused by Plum pox virus: vector species, transmission mechanism, epidemiology and mitigation strategies to reduce its natural spread. Acta Horticulturae 1163, 57-68.