Sweet potato mild mottle virus(SPMMV0)
Vectors
Important note on vectors:
Information on vectors and their associated pathogens is a new feature of the database (April 2023). Data will gradually be entered by the EPPO Secretariat and will focus on regulated (quarantine) pests.
Information on vectors and their associated pathogens is a new feature of the database (April 2023). Data will gradually be entered by the EPPO Secretariat and will focus on regulated (quarantine) pests.
| Organism | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| Bemisia tabaci (BEMITA) | Potential vector | |
* EFSA Panel on Plant Health (2013) Scientific opinion on the risks to plant health posed by Bemisia tabaci species complex and viruses it transmits for the EU territory. EFSA journal 11(4), 3162. *Hollings M, Stone OM, Bock KR (1976) Purification and properties of sweet potato mild mottle, a white‐fly borne virus from sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) in East Africa. Annals of applied biology 82(3), 511-528. * Tugume A, Mbanzibwa DR, Alicai T, Omongo C, Gowda MM. (2023) Endemism and reemergence potential of the ipomovirus Sweet potato mild mottle virus (family Potyviridae) in Eastern Africa: half a century of mystery. Phytobiomes Journal.7(1), 5-28. https://doi.org/10.1094/PBIOMES-05-22-0031-RVW ------- "Although originally reported as a whitefly-transmitted virus (Hollings et al. ,1976), the vector transmitting SPMMV has since become controversial (...) Studies carried out after those of Hollings et al. (1976) have failed to confirm whitefly transmissibility of SPMMV" | ||