Talk:Plum pox

A fact from Plum pox appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 July 2005. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the genetically modified plum C5 is the only Prunus species resistant to the devastating plant disease plum pox?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2005/July.

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Assessment[edit]

Nearly at C class, but inline citations to the references are needed. Espresso Addict (talk) 16:28, 8 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Wiped out?[edit]

The Historical background section includes an unsourced assertion that the Plum pox "may have largely wiped out the ancient landrace variously called (...) Quetsche or German prune", with a link to the article about the Prune plum (aka quetsche, or German prune). This seems odd, since the prune plum is definitely still going strong. Does anyone (perhaps @Abductive?) know whether there is a reliable source for the near-extinction of the prune plum in the 20th century? Or is some other fruit meant? ---- Thanks, Frans Fowler (talk) 00:43, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

According to https://www.nature.com/articles/s41438-018-0090-6 "... “Pozegaca” or “Quetsche” types ... commonly referred to as “German prunes” .... These are believed to be ancient cultivars that are still preferred in Eastern Europe but been pushed out of production due to the plum pox virus." "Pushed out of production" but "still preferred in Eastern Europe" means they are not "extinct", but more like "not economically viable for commercial production in areas with high labor costs". Abductive (reasoning) 20:57, 20 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

History[edit]

The disease symptoms were first seen in Bulgaria around 1916–1917. Hence, the name of sharka, whuch is from the Bulgarian шарка for pox. In 1933, the virus origin was described by Dimitar Atanasov. The disease developed and spread in several European countries, and may have largely wiped out the ancient landrace variously called Pozegaca, Quetsche, or German prune.[Special:Contributions/114.10.99.178|114.10.99.178]] (talk) 07:15, 18 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]