Banana bunchy top virus(BBTV00)
Distribution details in Togo
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2023: Absent, pest eradicated
First recorded in: 2018
Eradication in: 2021
First recorded in: 2018
Eradication in: 2021
Surveys conducted in September 2018 in banana growing areas revealed symptomatic plants in 3 banana fields [Tsévié and Lilicope (Zio prefecture) and Amoutcho (Ogou prefecture)]. All infected banana plants were destroyed. Follow-up surveys were conducted in the same regions in 2019 and 2020 and did not detect the virus.
* 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.
* Kolombia YA, Oviasuyi T, Dzola AK, Gonh-Goh AA, Atsu F, Oresanya A, Alabi T, Lava Kumar P (2021) First report of Banana bunchy top virus in banana (Musa spp.) and its eradication in Togo. Plant Disease 105(10), 3312. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-21-0473-PDN.
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* Kolombia YA, Oviasuyi T, Dzola AK, Gonh-Goh AA, Atsu F, Oresanya A, Alabi T, Lava Kumar P (2021) First report of Banana bunchy top virus in banana (Musa spp.) and its eradication in Togo. Plant Disease 105(10), 3312. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-03-21-0473-PDN.
------- First report and eradication.
| Country | State | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | Present, restricted distribution |