About 280 references on resistance of stone fruit species to plum pox potyvirus (PPV) have been utilized and compiled and relevant information is summarized in this review. Methods of testing PPV resistance, procedures of evaluation and characterization of PPV resistance as well as breeding of PPV resistant cultivars have been discussed briefly. Altogether 370 cultivars, hybrids and clones of plum, peach, apricot, nectarine and wild Prunus species are tabulated together with the authors who have reported on the immunity, resistance and tolerance, respectively, of all genotypes mentioned.
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