EPPO Global Database

Cowpea mild mottle virus(CPMMV0)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2017
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: only in some areas (2017-05)
From CABI Disease map 1139 (2019): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2017/113) : found in 2 locations (Fassifern and Lockyer Valley, Queensland) on common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris cv. Wyatt), soybean (Glycine max) and chia (Salvia hispanica).
References
* Gambley C, Nimmo P, Persley D, Sharman M, Campbelle P (2022) Cowpea mild mottle virus, a sometimes problem for French bean crops. Australasian Plant Pathology 51, 565–576. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13313-022-00884-7
------- 4 variants detected in Phaseolus vulgaris samples collected from the Fassifern Valley. CPMMV was only detected in crops in autumn and economically important incidences were linked to whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) numbers.

* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports – Australia (AUS-83/1 of 2017-05-17) Detection of Cowpea mild mottle virus (Carlavirus) in Queensland. https://www.ippc.int/en/countries/australia/pestreports/2017/05/detection-of-cowpea-mild-mottle-virus-carlavirus-in-queensland/

* Persley D, Steele V, Sharman M, Campbell P, Geering A, Gambley C (2020) First report of a carlavirus infecting plants in the Fabaceae in Australia. New Disease Reports 41, 26–26. https://doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2020.041.026