EPPO Global Database

Orthotospovirus meloflavi(MYSVV0)

Distribution details in Taiwan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2021: Present, no details
First recorded in: 2006
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2013/039) : first found in June 2006 during a survey on watermelon crops (Citrullus lanatus) in Miaoli county (Central Taiwan). Considered as a serious threat to melon and watermelon crops. In 2007, also found in Tatsuen (Changhua county).
References
* Chao CH, Chen TC, Kang YC, Li JT, Huang LH, Yeh SD (2010) Characterization of Melon yellow spot virus infecting cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) in Taiwan. Plant Pathology Bulletin 19, 41-52.

* Chen TC, Lu, YY, Cheng YH, Chang CA, Yeh SD (2008) Melon yellow spot virus in watermelon: a first record from Taiwan. Plant Pathology 57, p 765.

* Deng TC (2013) The taxonomy of plant viruses in Taiwan - 2013. Plant Protection Bulletin 55(2), 35-56.

* Peng JC, Yeh SD, Huang LH, Li HH, Cheng YF, Chen TC (2011) Emerging threat of thrips-borne Melon yellow spot virus on melon and watermelon in Taiwan. European Journal of Plant Pathology 130(2), 205-214.

* Zhang Z, Zheng K, Zhao L, Su X, Zheng X, Wang T (2021) Occurrence, distribution, evolutionary relationships, epidemiology, and management of orthotospoviruses in China. Fronters in Microbiology 12, 686025. https://10.3389/fmicb.2021.686025