EPPO Global Database

Squash leaf curl virus(SLCV00)

Hosts

Important note about the classification of host plants in GD:
Categories have been assigned by the EPPO Secretariat on the basis of available data at the time of entry. They correspond to a qualitative evaluation of the importance of the host plant for the pest concerned and remain indicative only.
Further explanation of categories is available in the guide.
Organism Type
Cucumis melo (CUMME) Major host
* Antignus Y, Lachman O, Pearlsman M, Omer S, Yunis H, Messika Y,  Uko O, Koren A (2003) Squash leaf curl geminivirus - a new illegal immigrant from the Western Hemisphere and a threat to cucurbit crops in Israel. Abstracts of presentations made at the 24th Congress of the Israeli Phytopathological Society. Phytoparasitica 31(4), p 415.
Cucumis sativus (CUMSA) Major host
* Al-Musa A, Anfoka G, Misbeh S, Abhary M, Ahmad FH (2008) Detection and molecular characterization of Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV) in Jordan. Journal of Phytopathology 156(5), 311-316.
Cucurbita maxima (CUUMA) Major host
* Cohen S, Duffus JE, Larsen RC, Liu HY, Flock RA (1983) Purification, serology, and vector relationships of squash leaf curl virus, a whitefly-transmitted geminivirus. Phytopathology 73(12), 1669-1673.
Cucurbita moschata (CUUMO) Major host
* Antignus Y, Lachman O, Pearlsman M, Omer S, Yunis H, Messika Y,  Uko O, Koren A (2003) Squash leaf curl geminivirus - a new illegal immigrant from the Western Hemisphere and a threat to cucurbit crops in Israel. Abstracts of presentations made at the 24th Congress of the Israeli Phytopathological Society. Phytoparasitica 31(4), p 415.

* Cohen S, Duffus JE, Larsen RC, Liu HY, Flock RA (1983) Purification, serology, and vector relationships of squash leaf curl virus, a whitefly-transmitted geminivirus. Phytopathology 73(12), 1669-1673.
Cucurbita pepo (CUUPE) Major host
* Vargas-Salinas M, Medina-Hernández D, Aranda-López O, Hernández-Barrera R, Holguín-Peña RJ (2020) Occurrence and geographic distribution of Squash leaf curl virus in the Baja California Peninsula, Mexico. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology, 42(1), 107-115
Chenopodiastrum murale (CHEMU) Wild/Weed
* Ali-Shtayeh MS, Jamous RM, Hussein EY, Mallah OB, Abu-Zeitoun SY (2014) Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV): a serious disease threatening cucurbits production in Palestine. Virus Genes 48(2), 320-328.
------- natural host. 
Convolvulus sp. (CONSS) Wild/Weed
* Ali-Shtayeh MS, Jamous RM, Hussein EY, Mallah OB, Abu-Zeitoun SY (2014) Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV): a serious disease threatening cucurbits production in Palestine. Virus Genes 48(2), 320-328.
------- natural host. 
Ecballium elaterium (ECAEL) Wild/Weed
* Antignus Y, Lachman O, Pearlsman M, Omer S, Yunis H, Messika Y,  Uko O, Koren A (2003) Squash leaf curl geminivirus - a new illegal immigrant from the Western Hemisphere and a threat to cucurbit crops in Israel. Abstracts of presentations made at the 24th Congress of the Israeli Phytopathological Society. Phytoparasitica 31(4), p 415.
Malva neglecta (MALNE) Wild/Weed
* Mohammed D, Adhab M, Al-Kuwaiti N (2021) Molecular characterization of viruses associated to leaf curl disease complex on zucchini squash in Iraq reveals Deng primer set could distinguish between New and Old World Begomoviruses. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências 93:e20210050. https://doi.org/10.1590/0001-3765202120210050
Malva nicaeensis (MALNI) Wild/Weed
* Antignus Y, Lachman O, Pearlsman M, Omer S, Yunis H, Messika Y,  Uko O, Koren A (2003) Squash leaf curl geminivirus - a new illegal immigrant from the Western Hemisphere and a threat to cucurbit crops in Israel. Abstracts of presentations made at the 24th Congress of the Israeli Phytopathological Society. Phytoparasitica 31(4), p 415.
Malva parviflora (MALPA) Wild/Weed
* Al-Musa A, Anfoka G, Misbeh S, Abhary M, Ahmad FH (2008) Detection and molecular characterization of Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV) in Jordan. Journal of Phytopathology 156(5), 311-316.
Proboscidea louisianica (PROLO) Wild/Weed
* Díaz-Nájera JF, Ayvar-Serna S, Vargas-Hernández M, Sahagún-Castellanos J, Alvarado-Gómez OG, Tejeda-Reyes MA (2018) First report of squash leaf curl virus detected in Proboscidea louisianica in Mexico. Plant Pathology & Quarantine 8(2): 140–143
Prosopis farcta (PRCST) Wild/Weed
* Ali-Shtayeh MS, Jamous RM, Hussein EY, Mallah OB, Abu-Zeitoun SY (2014) Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV): a serious disease threatening cucurbits production in Palestine. Virus Genes 48(2), 320-328.
------- natural host. 
Sinapis arvensis (SINAR) Wild/Weed
* Anfoka G, Altaleb M, Haj Ahmad F, Abu Obaida M (2017) Charlock mustard (Sinapis arvensis): a weed reservoir for begomoviruses and associated betasatellite in Jordan. Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology  39(3), 325-333.
Capsicum annuum (CPSAN) Host
* Awad AA, El-Attar AK, mohamed AM, Hassan M (2019) Emergence and diversity of Squash Leaf Curl Virus infecting solanaceous vegetable crops in Egypt. Middle East Journal of Agriculture Research 8(1), 226-236.

* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Citrullus lanatus (CITLA) Host
* Isakeit T, Robertson NL, Brown JK, Gilbertson RL (1994) First report of Squash Leaf Curl Virus on watermelon in Texas. Plant Disease 78 (10), 1010.

* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Cylindropuntia whipplei (KYOWH) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Ferocactus acanthodes (FECCY) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
------- as Ferocactus cylindraceus.
Gossypium (1GOSG) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
------- listed as 'cotton' without a reference.
Opuntia (1OPUG) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
------- including Opuntia andersoni, O. arenaria, O. atrispina, O. aureispina, O. bravoana, O. chaffeyi, O. guatemalensis, O. karwinskiana, O. puberula
Opuntia atrispina (OPUAT) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Opuntia basilaris (OPUBA) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Opuntia caracassana (OPUCA) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Opuntia robusta (OPURO) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Pereskiopsis kellermanii (PKJKE) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Phaseolus vulgaris (PHSVX) Host
* Cohen S, Duffus JE, Larsen RC, Liu HY, Flock RA (1983) Purification, serology, and vector relationships of squash leaf curl virus, a whitefly-transmitted geminivirus. Phytopathology 73(12), 1669-1673.
------- experimental host.

* Farrag AA, El-Attar AK, El-Banna OH,  Ibrahim AI, Mazyad HM (2014) Squash leaf curl virus (SLCV) incidence and severity on Phaseolus vulgaris in Egypt. Egyptian J Virol. 11(2), 112-123.
------- natural host. 

Physalis ixocarpa (PHYIX) Host
* Awad AA, El-Attar AK, mohamed AM, Hassan M (2019) Emergence and diversity of Squash Leaf Curl Virus infecting solanaceous vegetable crops in Egypt. Middle East Journal of Agriculture Research 8(1), 226-236.
------- as tomatillo.
Raphanus sativus (RAPSR) Host
* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Solanum lycopersicum (LYPES) Host
* Haj Ahmad F, Odeh W, Anfoka G (2013) First report on the association of Squash leaf curl virus and Watermelon chlorotic stunt virus with tomato yellow leaf curl disease. Plant Disease 7(3), 428. http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-08-12-0712-PDN

* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Solanum melongena (SOLME) Host
* Awad AA, El-Attar AK, mohamed AM, Hassan M (2019) Emergence and diversity of Squash Leaf Curl Virus infecting solanaceous vegetable crops in Egypt. Middle East Journal of Agriculture Research 8(1), 226-236.

* Fontenele RS, Bhaskara A, Cobb IN, Majure LC, Salywon AM, Avalos-Calleros JA, Argüello-Astorga GR, Schmidlin K, Roumagnac P, Ribeiro SG, Kraberger S (2021) Identification of the begomoviruses squash leaf curl virus and watermelon chlorotic stunt virus in various plant samples in North America. Viruses 13(5), 810. https://doi.org/10.3390/v13050810
Cucurbita argyrosperma (CUUMI) Experimental
* McCreight JD, Kishaba AN (1991) Reaction of cucurbit species to squash leaf curl virus and sweetpotato whitefly. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 116(1), 137-141.
------- host after inoculation with infected B. tabaci, as Cucurbita mixta.
Cucurbita ecuadorensis (CUUEC) Experimental
* McCreight JD, Kishaba AN (1991) Reaction of cucurbit species to squash leaf curl virus and sweetpotato whitefly. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 116(1), 137-141.
------- host after inoculation with infected B. tabaci.
Cucurbita ficifolia (CUUFI) Experimental
* McCreight JD, Kishaba AN (1991) Reaction of cucurbit species to squash leaf curl virus and sweetpotato whitefly. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 116(1), 137-141.
------- host after inoculation with infected B. tabaci.
Cucurbita foetidissima (CUUFO) Experimental
* McCreight JD, Kishaba AN (1991) Reaction of cucurbit species to squash leaf curl virus and sweetpotato whitefly. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 116(1), 137-141.
------- host after inoculation with infected B. tabaci.
Cucurbita martinezii (CUUMZ) Experimental
* McCreight JD, Kishaba AN (1991) Reaction of cucurbit species to squash leaf curl virus and sweetpotato whitefly. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 116(1), 137-141.
------- host after inoculation with infected B. tabaci.
Cucurbita texana (CUUTX) Experimental
* McCreight JD, Kishaba AN (1991) Reaction of cucurbit species to squash leaf curl virus and sweetpotato whitefly. Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 116(1), 137-141.
-------severe symptoms in field tests. 
Nicotiana benthamiana (NIOBE) Experimental
* Lazarowitz SG, Lazdins IB (1991) Infectivity and complete nucleotide sequence of the cloned genomic components of bipartite squash leaf curl geminivirus with a broad host range phenotype. Virology 180(1), 58-69.