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Control and monitoring: control strategies for Plum pox virus in Canada
Author(s) -
Thompson D.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
eppo bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.327
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1365-2338
pISSN - 0250-8052
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2338.2006.01000.x
Subject(s) - quarantine , pox virus , orchard , certification , forestry , biology , geography , agricultural science , horticulture , virology , virus , political science , ecology , law
In 2000, Plum pox virus (PPV) was discovered in Canada in the provinces of Ontario and Nova Scotia. Delimitation surveys were used to define quarantine areas. An eradication strategy was developed based on a threshold value for virus incidence which triggered removal of the entire orchard block. Each year the threshold value is being lowered until reaching a zero tolerance level. Growers are compensated financially for their losses. A two‐tiered certification programme was designed to provide clean replacement trees. Initially, growers planted PPV‐tested trees as an interim measure until fully virus‐tested stock became available. It is hoped that this eradication programme will eliminate PPV from Canada by 2010.