Records of plant pathogenic viruses and virus-like agents from 22 Pacific island countries and territories: a review and an update

Abstract

This paper provides an updated listing of plant virus and viroid records and the first consolidated listing of phytoplasma records in the 22 Pacific island countries and territories served by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community. These are American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Fiji Islands, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Pitcairn Islands, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, and Wallis and Futuna.An interpretative opinion on the available data, based on the authors’ field working experience in all of the larger and most of the smaller countries and territories, has been provided.