Symptoms

Chlorotic ringspot and line patterns on leaves, leaf mottle, deformation of the leaf blade, sometimes with dieback of twigs and branches leading to sparse canopy and slow decline of infected trees as well as minimal fruit set. Examples of symptoms in different Sorbus species see below.

EMARaV-infected rowan (S. aucuparia) exhibiting mottle (above left) and chlorotic ringspots (above right) on leaves and leaf deformation and poor fruit set (below).