EPPO Global Database

Banana bunchy top virus(BBTV00)

Distribution details in Egypt

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1901
From CABI Disease map 019 (2013): Present, no details
References
* Abdel-Ghaffar, M. H. (1999) Arab Universities Journal of Agricultural Sciences 7 (2), 367-380.

* Blomme et al. (2013) A historical overview of the appearance and spread of Musa pests and pathogens on the African continent: highlighting the importance of clean Musa planting material and quarantine measures. Annals of Applied Biology 162(1), 4-26.

* Bouwmeester H, Blomme G, Omondi AB, Ocimati W (2023) Banana bunchy top disease in Africa–Predicting continent‐wide disease risks by combining survey data and expert knowledge. Plant Pathology 72(8), 1476-1490.

* Galal, A. M. (2007) Biotechnology 6 (1), 53-56.

* Karan, M.; Harding, R. M.; Dale, J. L. (1994) Journal of General Virology 75 (12), 3541-3546.

*Khalil, S. M.; Salama, M. I.; Abdel-Hamid, I. A.; El-Din, H. A. N.; Sadik, A. S. (2007) Pakistan Journal of Biotechnology 4 (1/2), 113-118.

* Kumar, P. L.; Hanna, R.; Alabi, O. J.; Soko, M. M.; Oben, T. T.; Vangu, G. H. P.; Naidu, R. A. (2011) Virus Research 159 (2), 171-182.

* Magee CJ (1927) Investigations on the bunchy top disease of the banana. Bulletin of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Australia 30, 64.
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* Selvarajan, R.; Sheeba, M. M.; Balasubramanian, V.; Rajmohan, R.; Dhevi, N. L.; Sasireka, T. (2010) Indian Journal of Virology 21 (2), 110-116.