Strawberry vein banding virus (SVBV) was detected by polymerase chain
reaction (PCR) and dot-blot hybridisation in samples of cultivated str
awberry plants originating from central Slovakia and in samples of wil
d strawberry plants from south-eastern Serbia in Federal Republic of Y
ugoslavia (FRY). This is the first finding of SVBV in these countries
as well as of SVBV in wild strawberry plants in Europe.