“…Conducted molecular analyses showed PPV-Rec (65%) and PPV-D (2.5%) as the most and less dominant strains in the orchard, respectively and confirmed our previous study for strain composition of PPV in the region of Troyan (not published), where PPV-Rec (71.2%) was found as The twofold serological assays performed each year indicate a relatively low speed (11.2%) of PPV spread, which is similar to the reported 9.25% rate of infection in 4 years in an experimental plum orchard in Serbia (Jevremović, 2012). The observed in peach orchard blocks annual disease incidence between 2% and 6% (Dallot, Gottwald, Labonne, & Quiot, 2003), is in contrast to the much greater spread of PPV-D and PPV-M strains recorded by Llacer, Avinent, and Hermoso de Mendoza (1992), Adamolle, Boeglin, Labonne, Candresse, and Quiot (1994), Cambra et al (2004) and Varveri (2006). Both biotic (virus characteristics, transmission efficiency, dynamics of vector populations, susceptibility of host plant) and abiotic (climate, landscape characteristics) factors impact sharka disease prevalence and spread (Rimbaud et al, 2015).…”