EPPO Global Database

Potexvirus pepini(PEPMV0)

Distribution details in Israel

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2019
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present in Ramat Negev (2020-03)
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/104) : first found in late 2019 in commercial tomato crops in Ramat HaNegev (Norhwestern Negev).
References
* Klap C, Luria N, Smith E, Hadad L, Bakelman E, Sela N, Belausov E, Lachman O, Leibman D, Dombrovsky A (2020) Tomato brown rugose fruit virus contributes to enhanced pepino mosaic virus titers in tomato plants. Viruses 12(8), 879. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12080879
------- only detected in mixed infections with ToBRFV.

* NPPO of Israel (2020-03).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Egypt Present, no details view...
Syria Present, few occurrences view...