Alphanucleorhabdovirus melongenae(EMDV00)
Distribution details in Germany
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2016: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2013
First recorded in: 2013
First observed in May 2013 on Hydrangea macrophylla plants in a nursery in North Rhine-Westphalia. Affected plants showed flower breaking and vein clearing/banding symptoms. Plants were also infected with Hydrangea ringspot virus.
* Menzel W, Winter S, Hamacher J (2016) First report of Eggplant mottled dwarf virus causing flower breaking and vein clearing in Hydrangea macrophylla in Germany. New Disease Reports 34, 11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2016.034.011