INIA: Strategy developed to control impacts of PPV on stone trees

Published Jan 8, 2025

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An international team of scientists published a study in the journal Phytopathologia Mediterranea on the economic impact of the plum pox virus (PPV) or Sharka disease, which poses a significant threat to stone fruit production. The research spans from 1995 to 2023 and estimates global losses at 2.4 billion euros due to reduced fruit quality and quantity, market rejections, and high eradication and control costs. Chile, a major fruit exporter, has effectively contained the virus through strict controls, incurring only around 26 million euros in related costs. The study underscores the importance of global collaboration, research into advanced diagnostic methods, and the development of resistant varieties to limit the virus's spread and mitigate its economic and agricultural impact.

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The plum pox virus (PPV) is responsible for the disease known as Sharka, and has been identified as one of the main threats to stone fruit production globally, affecting crops such as peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots and in some cases cherries. Given this scenario, an international team of scientists, made up of researchers from various countries, including Dr. Mónica Madariaga, head of the virology laboratory at the Agricultural Research Institute (INIA) in Chile, published an important study on the impact of the plum pox virus (PPV). The study, published in the journal Phytopathologia Mediterranea, analyzes the direct and indirect economic costs associated with the management of this disease for almost three decades (1995-2023). The results indicated that global losses are estimated at 2.4 billion euros, mainly due to the decrease in the quality and quantity of fruit, rejections in international markets and high costs of eradication and control of the disease. In Chile, a ...

Source: Portaldelcampo