EPPO Global Database

Begonia x hiemalis(BEGEH)

Pests

Organism Type
Aleurodicus dugesii (as Begonia) (ALEDDU) Host
Heteronychus arator (as Begonia) (HETRAR) Host
Orthotospovirus arachianuli (as Begonia) (GRSV00) Host
* EPPO Reporting Service (2015/113) : detected in May 2015 in a commercial crop of potted Begonia spp. plants in Rovaniemi (Northern Finland).
Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae (TSWV00) Host
* Parrella G, Gognalons P, Gebre-Selassie K, Vovlas C, Marchoux G (2003) An update of the host range of tomato spotted wilt virus. Journal of Plant Pathology 85(4), 227-264.
------- Confirmed host. As Begonia elatior.
Rotylenchus buxophilus (as Begonia) (HELYBU) Host
Spodoptera ornithogalli (as Begonia) (PRODOR) Host
* Brito R, Specht A, Gonçalves GL, Moreira GRP, Carneiro E, Santos FL, Roque-Specht VF, Mielke OHH, Casagrande MM (2019) Spodoptera marima: a new synonym of Spodoptera ornithogalli (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), with notes on adult morphology, host plant use and genetic variation along its geographic range. Neotropical Entomology 48(3), 433-448.

* Heppner JB (2007) Lepidoptera of Florida. Part 1. Introduction and catalog. Gainesville, Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services, p 670.
Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. begoniae (XANTBE) Host
* Lin FY, Fang ZQ, Lee S, Wang YH, Lin YR, Chu CC (2019) First report of Xanthomonas axonopodis pv. begoniae causing bacterial leaf spot on Rieger Begonias in Taiwan. Plant Disease 103(11), p 2940.
Fusarium foetens (FUSAFO) Major host
* Brand T,  Wienberg J (2005) Anfälligkeit verschiedener Begonien gegenüber Fusarium foetens. Gesunde Pflanzen 57, 27-29.

* Elmer WH (2008) Preventing spread of Fusarium wilt of Hiemalis begonias in the greenhouse. Crop Protection 27, 1078-1083.

* Huvenne H, Debode J, Maes M, Heungens K (2011) Real-time PCR mediated monitoring of Fusarium foetens in symptomatic and non-symptomatic hosts. European Journal of Plant Pathology 131, 705-717.
Orthotospovirus impatiensnecromaculae (INSV00) Major host
* Werkman AW, Verhoeven JThJ, Roenhorst JW (undated) Plant species found infected by Tomato spotted wilt virus and Impatiens necrotic spot virus at the Dutch Plant Prot,ection Service since 1989. https://edepot.wur.nl/341977 (last accessed 2022-05)
------- As Begonia elatior.

* Tian X, Zheng Y, Chintaluri K, Meng B (2013) First report of Impatiens necrotic spot virus on Hiemalis Begonia (Begonia × hiemalis) in Canada. Plant Disease 97(2), p 291.