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Annex

Potato pathogens associated with Solanum tuberosum

Effective 14 July 2015 to 18 March 2017

The following pathogens of potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) are considered to be quarantinable as they are not known in Australia or not all strains of the pathogen are present.

Bacteria

Common Name

Scientific Name

Zebra chip

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

Psyllid yellows

Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous

Pink eye

Pseudomonas fluorescens Migula

Ring rot

Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus (Sp. & Kot.)

Zebra chip

= Corynebacterium sepedonicum(Spiec.& Kot) Skap.& Burk.

Psyllid yellows

Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith

Bacterial wilt

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum


Fungi

Common Name

Scientific Name


Cercospora leaf blotch

Mycovellosiella concors (Casp.) Deighton


= Cercospora concors(Casp.) Sacc.


C. solani-tuberosi Thirumalachur



Common rust

Puccinia pittieriana

Deforming rust

Aecidium cantensis

Late blight

Phytophthora infestans(Mont.) de Bary

Phoma leaf spot

Phoma andinaTurkensteen

Skin spot

Polyscytalum pustulans (N.M. Owens& Wakef.) Ellis

Smut

Angiosorus solani

Verticillium wilt

Verticillium albo-atrumRein. & Ber. (found in isolated areas in Australia).

Wart

Synchytrium endobioticum(Schilberszky) Percival


Viruses

All potato viruses are currently tested in PEQ although this needs reviewing as not all are of quarantine significance.

Alfalfa mosaic alfamovirus

Andean potato latent tymovirus

Andean potato mottle comovirus

Arracacha B nepovirus

Beet curly top hybrigeminivirus

Beet western yellow luteovirus

Cucumber mosaic cucumovirus

Potato aucuba mosaic potyvirus

Potato black ring nepovirus

Potato leaf roll luteovirus

Potato mop top furovirus

Potato R14 tobamovirus

Potato A potyvirus

Potato M carlavirus

Potato S carlavirus

Potato T trichovirus

Potato U nepovirus

Potato V potyvirus

Potato X potexvirus

Potato Y potyvirus

Potato yellow dwarf nucleorhabdovirus

Potato yellow mosaic bigeminivirus

Solanum apical leaf curling bigeminivirus

Solanum nodiflorum mottle sobemovirus

Solanum yellows luteovirus

Tobacco black ring nepovirus

Tobacco etch potyvirus

Tomato golden mosaic bigeminivirus

Tobacco mosaic totobamovirus

Tobacco necrosis necrovirus

Tobacco ringspot nepovirus

Tobacco rattle tobravirus

Tobacco streak ilarvirus

Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus

Wild potato mosaic potyvirus


Viroids

Potato spindle tuber viroid


Nematodes

Common Name

Scientific Name

Cyst golden

Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Mulvey & Stone



G. pallida (Stone) Mulvey & Stone

False root-knot

Nacobbus aberrans(Thorne) Thorne & Allen

Potato rot

Ditylenchus destructorThorne


Bacteria

Common Name

Scientific Name

Zebra chip

Candidatus Liberibacter solanacearum

Psyllid yellows

Candidatus Liberibacter psyllaurous

Pink eye

Pseudomonas fluorescensMigula

Ring rot

Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus(Sp. & Kot.)



= Corynebacterium sepedonicum(Spiec.& Kot) Skap.& Burk.

Bacterial wilt

Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith


Fungi

Common Name

Scientific Name

Cercospora leaf blotch

Mycovellosiella concors (Casp.) Deighton



= Cercospora concors(Casp.) Sacc.



C. solani-tuberosi Thirumalachur

Common rust

Puccinia pittieriana

Deforming rust

Aecidium cantensis

Late blight

Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary

Phoma leaf spot

Phoma andinaTurkensteen

Skin spot

Polyscytalum pustulans (N.M. Owens& Wakef.) Ellis

Smut

Angiosorus solani

Verticillium wilt

Verticillium albo-atrumRein. & Ber. (found in isolated areas in Australia).

Wart

Synchytrium endobioticum(Schilberszky) Percival


Viruses

All potato viruses are currently tested in PEQ although this needs reviewing as not all are of quarantine significance.

Alfalfa mosaic alfamovirus

Andean potato latent tymovirus

Andean potato mottle comovirus

Arracacha B nepovirus

Beet curly top hybrigeminivirus

Beet western yellow luteovirus

Cucumber mosaic cucumovirus

Potato aucuba mosaic potyvirus

Potato leaf roll luteovirus

Potato mop top furovirus

Potato R14 tobamovirus

Potato A potyvirus

Potato M carlavirus

Potato S carlavirus

Potato T trichovirus

Potato U nepovirus

Potato V potyvirus

Potato X potexvirus

Potato Y potyvirus

Potato yellow dwarf nucleorhabdovirus

Potato yellow mosaic bigeminivirus

Solanum apical leaf curling bigeminivirus

Solanum nodiflorum mottle sobemovirus

Solanum yellows luteovirus

Tobacco black ring nepovirus

Tobacco etch potyvirus

Tomato golden mosaic bigeminivirus

Tobacco mosaic totobamovirus

Tobacco necrosis necrovirus

Tobacco ringspot nepovirus

Tobacco rattle tobravirus

Tobacco streak ilarvirus

Tomato spotted wilt tospovirus

Wild potato mosaic potyvirus


Viroids

Potato spindle tuber viroid


Nematodes

Common Name

Scientific Name

Cyst golden

Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Mulvey & Stone



G. pallida(Stone) Mulvey & Stone

False root-knot

Nacobbus aberrans (Thorne) Thorne & Allen

Potato rot

Ditylenchus destructorThorne