Begomovirus costai(BGMV00)
Distribution details in Nicaragua
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2011: Present, widespread
EPPO Reporting Service (2012/038) : bean golden mosaic disease was first observed in Nicaragua in the early 1970s but it was not until 1990 that the disease became economically important in bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) production. BGYMV is widespread in Nicaragua and is the predominant virus associated with bean golden mosaic disease.
* Karkashian J, Ramos-Reynoso ED, Maxwell DP, Ramírez P (2011) Begomoviruses associated with bean golden mosaic disease in Nicaragua. Plant Disease 95(7), 901-906.