EPPO Global Database

Bemisia tabaci(BEMITA)

Distribution details in Cyprus

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, widespread
Pest status declared by NPPO: Bemisia tabaci biotype B: Present, widespread - B. tabaci biotype Q: Present, restricted distribution (2011-06)
From CABI Pest map 284 (1999): Present, widespread
Comments
Reporting Service 500/08

EPPO Reporting Service (1995/142) : a compilation of records from various sources.

EPPO Reporting Service (2009/017) : only B biotype was detected.

According to the NPPO (2011): biotype B is widespread but biotype Q has a restricted distribution.
References
* Anon. (1986) Annual report for 1985, Cyprus Agricultural Research Institute, pp. 33-36. Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Nicosia, Cyprus.

* Bedford, I. D.; Briddon, R. W.; Brown, J. K.; Rosell, R. C.; Markham, P. G. (1994) Annals of Applied Biology 125 (2), 311-325.
------- Biotype B.

* Brown, J. K.; Coats, S. A.; Bedford, I. D.; Markham, P. G.; Bird, J.; Frohlich, D. R. (1995) Biochemical Genetics 33, 205-214.
------- Biotype B1.

* Ioannou, N. (1987) Plant Pathology 36 (3), 367-373.

* NHM (1986) [Ayios Theodoros]; (1981).

* NPPO of Cyprus (2011-06).

* Vassiliou VA, Jagge C, Grispou M, Pietrantonio PV, Tsagkarakou A (2008) Biotype status of Bemisia tabaci from various crops in Cyprus. Phytoparasitica 36(4), 400-404.