Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV), Peanut Stripe Strain
Surveillance to Demonstrate Absence from PNG and North Queensland
3. Ramu stunt virus (RmSV, Provisional Name)
A Virus That Is Not Ubiquitous across PNG
4. Cotton leafroll dwarf Virus (CLRDV)
An Unexpected Recent Discovery at Australia’s ‘Back Door’
5. Banana Bunchy Top Virus (BBTV)
Appears to Be on the Island of New Guinea, but Not Found in PNG
6. Fiji Disease Virus (FDV)
Appears to Be Absent from Parts of PNG Adjacent to Queensland’s Torres Strait Islands
7. Begomoviruses
A New and Emerging Threat to Australia’s North
8. ‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’
A History of Monitoring on the Island of New Guinea
9. Phytoplasmas Affecting Palms and Banana Plants
A Group of Related Pathogens That Needs Further Characterisation
10. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Species | Genus | Disease Common Name | Major Commodity Affected | Principal Insect Vector(s) | Nearest Published Location to Northern Australia |
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Viruses | |||||
Banana bunchy top virus | Babuvirus | Banana bunchy top | Banana | Aphids (Pentalonia spp.) | Indonesia A [1] |
Bean common mosaic virus (peanut stripe strain) | Potyvirus | Peanut stripe | Peanuts, soybean | Aphids (several spp.) | Indonesia’s Papua province [2] |
Many species and strains | Begomovirus | Many names | Crops in the Cucurbitaceae, Solanaceae, Fabaceae and Malvaceae | Whiteflies (Bemisa tabaci) | Indonesia [3] |
Chilli veinal mottle virus | Potyvirus | None | Chilli, capsicum, tomato | Aphids (several spp.) | Indonesia’s Papua province [2] |
Citrus tristeza virus (exotic strains) | Closterovirus | Tristeza | Citrus | Aphids (Toxoptera citricida) | Indonesia [4] |
Cotton leafroll dwarf virus | Polerovirus | Cotton blue disease | Cotton | Aphids (Aphis gossypii) | Timor-Leste [5] |
Fiji disease virus | Fijivirus | Fiji disease | Sugarcane | Planthoppers (Perkinsiella spp.) | PNG A [2] |
Papaya ringspot virus (papaya infecting strain) | Potyvirus | Ringspot | Papaya | Aphids (several spp.) | Indonesia [6] |
Ramu stunt virus (provisional name) | Tenuivirus | Ramu stunt | Sugarcane | Leafhoppers (Eumetopina flavipes) | PNG [7] |
Sorghum mosaic virus (exotic strains) | Potyvirus | Sorghum mosaic | Sorghum, maize | Aphids (several spp.) | Philippines [8] |
Sugarcane mosaic virus (exotic strains) | Potyvirus | Sugarcane mosaic | Sugarcane | Aphids (several spp.) | Indonesia [8] |
Sugarcane streak mosaic virus | Poacevirus | Sugarcane streak mosaic | Sugarcane | Aphids (identity uncertain) | Indonesia [9] |
Virus-like | |||||
Tomato apical stunt viroid | Pospiviroid | None | Tomato, potato | Bees (Bombus terrestris) | Indonesia [10] |
Banana wilt-associated phytoplasmas | ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ | Lethal wilt | Banana | Unknown | PNG [11] |
‘Candidatus Phytoplasma noviguineense’ | ‘Candidatus Phytoplasma’ | Bogia coconut syndrome | Banana, palms | Unknown | PNG [12] |
‘Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus’ | ‘Candidatus Liberibacter’ | Huanglongbing (HLB) | Citrus | Asian citrus psyllid (Diaphorina citri) | PNG [13] |
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Davis, R.I.; Jones, L.M.; Pease, B.; Perkins, S.L.; Vala, H.R.; Kokoa, P.; Apa, M.; Dale, C.J. Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy. Plants 2021, 10, 2175. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102175
Davis RI, Jones LM, Pease B, Perkins SL, Vala HR, Kokoa P, Apa M, Dale CJ. Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy. Plants. 2021; 10(10):2175. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102175
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavis, Richard I., Lynne M. Jones, Bradley Pease, Sandy L. Perkins, Harshitsinh R. Vala, Pere Kokoa, Marilyn Apa, and Christopher J. Dale. 2021. "Plant Virus and Virus-like Disease Threats to Australia’s North Targeted by the Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy" Plants 10, no. 10: 2175. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants10102175