Estimated costs of plum pox virus and management of sharka, the disease it causes
The disease “sharka”, caused by Potyvirus plumpoxi (plum pox virus), is the most harmful viral disease affecting stone fruits. The virus spreads over long distances through illegal and insufficiently controlled exchange of infected propagative plant material. Once established in an area, the viru...
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| author | Cambra, Mariano Madariaga, Mónica Varveri, Christina Çaglayan, Kadrite Morca, Ali Ferhan Chirkov, Sergei Glasa, Miroslav |
| author_browse | Cambra, Mariano Chirkov, Sergei Glasa, Miroslav Madariaga, Mónica Morca, Ali Ferhan Varveri, Christina Çaglayan, Kadrite |
| author_facet | Cambra, Mariano Madariaga, Mónica Varveri, Christina Çaglayan, Kadrite Morca, Ali Ferhan Chirkov, Sergei Glasa, Miroslav |
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| description | The disease “sharka”, caused by Potyvirus plumpoxi (plum pox virus), is
the most harmful viral disease affecting stone fruits. The virus spreads over long distances
through illegal and insufficiently controlled exchange of infected propagative
plant material. Once established in an area, the virus spreads locally through vegetative
propagation of infected plant material, and naturally through aphid-vectors. Previously
considered a European problem, sharka has now been reported in 54 Prunus-growing
countries in all continents except Oceania, although the disease has been eradicated
from the United States of America. The economic cost of the disease in the 28 years
from 1995 to 2023 is estimated to be €2.4 × 109, equivalent to approx. 0.17% of the
stone fruit industry’s value. This includes more than over €2 × 109 in direct fruit losses,
€1.4 million from international rejection of symptomatic fruit, and over €100 million
in eradication and disease limitation costs. Indirect costs include €137 million, mainly
associated with ELISA analyses, and approx. €130 million in costs related to research
and science networks. Cumulative global losses from the sharka pandemic since the
decade 1910/20 probably surpass €13 × 109. These outlays exclude indirect trade costs,
economic losses, genetic erosion of traditional cultivars, and the costs of developing
new cultivars tolerant or resistant to plum pox virus. The decline in these costs compared
to the previously evaluated €10 billion from the 1970s to 2006 is analyzed. Four
case studies (for Spain, Turkey, Chile, and Greece) illustrate different sharka scenarios
and management strategies. |
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| spelling | ReDivia90632025-05-22T18:48:22Z Estimated costs of plum pox virus and management of sharka, the disease it causes Cambra, Mariano Madariaga, Mónica Varveri, Christina Çaglayan, Kadrite Morca, Ali Ferhan Chirkov, Sergei Glasa, Miroslav direct costs indirect costs ELISA tests subsidies RNQP H20 Plant diseases Plum pox virus Losses Disease eradication Quarantine The disease “sharka”, caused by Potyvirus plumpoxi (plum pox virus), is the most harmful viral disease affecting stone fruits. The virus spreads over long distances through illegal and insufficiently controlled exchange of infected propagative plant material. Once established in an area, the virus spreads locally through vegetative propagation of infected plant material, and naturally through aphid-vectors. Previously considered a European problem, sharka has now been reported in 54 Prunus-growing countries in all continents except Oceania, although the disease has been eradicated from the United States of America. The economic cost of the disease in the 28 years from 1995 to 2023 is estimated to be €2.4 × 109, equivalent to approx. 0.17% of the stone fruit industry’s value. This includes more than over €2 × 109 in direct fruit losses, €1.4 million from international rejection of symptomatic fruit, and over €100 million in eradication and disease limitation costs. Indirect costs include €137 million, mainly associated with ELISA analyses, and approx. €130 million in costs related to research and science networks. Cumulative global losses from the sharka pandemic since the decade 1910/20 probably surpass €13 × 109. These outlays exclude indirect trade costs, economic losses, genetic erosion of traditional cultivars, and the costs of developing new cultivars tolerant or resistant to plum pox virus. The decline in these costs compared to the previously evaluated €10 billion from the 1970s to 2006 is analyzed. Four case studies (for Spain, Turkey, Chile, and Greece) illustrate different sharka scenarios and management strategies. 2025-05-22T18:48:22Z 2025-05-22T18:48:22Z 2025 article publishedVersion Cambra, M., Madariaga, M., Varveri, C., Çağlayan, K., Morca, A.F., Chirkov, S., & Glasa, M. (2024). Estimated costs of plum pox virus and management of sharka, the disease it causes. Phytopathologia Mediterranea 63(3): 343-365. 593-2095 https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/9063 10.36253/phyto-15581 https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/15581 en Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ openAccess Firenze University Press electronico |
| spellingShingle | direct costs indirect costs ELISA tests subsidies RNQP H20 Plant diseases Plum pox virus Losses Disease eradication Quarantine Cambra, Mariano Madariaga, Mónica Varveri, Christina Çaglayan, Kadrite Morca, Ali Ferhan Chirkov, Sergei Glasa, Miroslav Estimated costs of plum pox virus and management of sharka, the disease it causes |
| title | Estimated costs of plum pox virus and management of sharka, the disease it causes |
| title_full | Estimated costs of plum pox virus and management of sharka, the disease it causes |
| title_fullStr | Estimated costs of plum pox virus and management of sharka, the disease it causes |
| title_full_unstemmed | Estimated costs of plum pox virus and management of sharka, the disease it causes |
| title_short | Estimated costs of plum pox virus and management of sharka, the disease it causes |
| title_sort | estimated costs of plum pox virus and management of sharka the disease it causes |
| topic | direct costs indirect costs ELISA tests subsidies RNQP H20 Plant diseases Plum pox virus Losses Disease eradication Quarantine |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/9063 https://oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/pm/article/view/15581 |
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