Apple ringspot disease (Granny Smith ring spot)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Apple ringspot disease

Preferred Common Name

• Granny Smith ring spot

Other Scientific Names

• Apple Henderson spot virus
• Apple ringspot virus

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Virus
•     Genus: Unassigned virus
•         Species: Apple ringspot disease

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

List of Symptoms

Plant Trade

References

Adams MJ, Accotto GP, Agranovsky AA, Bar-Joseph M, Boscia D, Brunt AA, Candresse T, Coutts RHA, Dolja VV, Falk BW, Foster GD, Gonsalves D, Jelkmann W, Karasev A, Martelli GP, Mawassi M, Milne RG, Minafra A, Namba S, Rowahni A, Vetten HJ, Vishnichenko VK, Wisler GC, Yoshikawa N, Zavriev SK, 2004. Flexiviridae. In: Fauquet CM, Mayo MA, Maniloff J, Desselberger U, Ball LA, eds. Virus Taxonomy, VIIIth Report of the ICTV. London, UK: Elsevier/Academic Press, 1075-1122.

Adams MJ, Antoniw JF, Bar-Joseph M, Brunt AA, Candresse T, Foster GD, Martelli GP, Milne RG, Zavriev SK, Fauquet CM, 2004. The new plant virus family Flexiviridae and assessment of molecular criteria for species demarcation. Archives of Virology, 149:1045-1060.

Atkinson JD, Chamberlain EE, Hunter JA, 1954. Apple ringspot. New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology, 35:478-482.

Foxton G, 1972. Producing apple trees free of known viruses. Orchardist of New Zealand, 45(11):403, 405, 407

Kegler H, Schmidt J, Werderewskaja TD, Kalaschjan JA, Spaar D, 1977. Investigations on apple ringspot. Archiv fur Gartenbau, 25(3):141-146

Larsen EC, 1977. Growth of maiden apple trees with or without virus infection. Tidsskrift for Planteavl, 81(4):479-486

Leite GB, Bleicher J, 1993. Viruses and mycoplasmas of apples in the state of Santa Catarina. Agropecuaria Catarinense, 6(3):21-24

Lemoine J, 1987. Apple ring spot - taches annulaires du pommier. Phytoma - Defense des Cultures, 387:37.

Németh M, 1986. Virus, Mycoplasma and Rickettsia Diseases of Fruit Trees. Lancaster, Boston, USA/Dordrecht, Netherlands: M. Nijhoff Publishers, 841 pp.

Smith I, Dunez J, Phillips DH, Lelliot RA, Archer SA, 1988. European Handbook of Plant Diseases. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Scientific Publications.

Smith KM, 1972. A Textbook of Plant Virus Diseases. London, UK: Longman, 684 pp.

Wood GA, Welsh MF, 1989. Apple leaf pucker and some lesser known bark, blossom and fruit disorders. In: Fridlund PR, ed. Virus and Viruslike Diseases of Pome Fruits and Simulating Noninfectious Disorders. USA: Washington State University Press, 20-33.

Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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