EPPO Global Database

Cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus(CCYV00)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2018
From CABI Disease map 1182 (2022): Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2021/166) : first found during winter 2018 in cucumber (Cucumis sativus) crops grown in 3 separate glasshouses in Southern Spain. In all cases, Bemisia tabaci was also observed in infected crops.

EPPO Reporting Service (2022/043) : found in Islas Canarias.
References
* Alfaro-Fernández A, Espino A, Botella-Guillen M, Font MI, Sanahuja E, Galipienso L, Rubio L (2022) First report of cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus infecting watermelon and zucchini in the Canary Islands, Spain. Plant Disease 106(7), 2006. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-10-21-2296-PDN

* Bueso G (2022) CCYV, una enfermedad emergente que amenaza a las cucurbitáceas. Phytoma España: La revista profesional de sanidad vegetal, (338), 12-13.

* Chynoweth R, Jimenez D, Liberti D, Bellon-Dona D, Carralero-González A, Crespo-Sempere A, Albiach-Marti MR (2021) First report of cucurbit chlorotic yellows virus infecting cucumber plants in Spain. Plant Disease 105(8), 2258. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-12-20-2553-PDN

* Maachi A, Donaire L, Hernando Y, Aranda MA (2022) Genetic differentiation and migration fluxes of viruses from melon crops and crop edge weeds. Journal of Virology. 96(16), e00421-22.https://doi.org/10.1128/jvi.00421-22
------- first report on melon in Spain.