EPPO Global Database

Ipomovirus cucurbitavenaflavi(SQVYVX)

Distribution details in United States of America (Florida)

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, no details
Comments
Virus first described from Florida. Later, divergent strains were also found in that state.
References
* Adkins S, Webb SE, Achor D, Roberts PD, Baker CA (2007) Identification and characterization of a novel whitefly-transmitted member of the family potyviridae isolated from cucurbits in Florida. Phytopathology 97(2), 145-154.

* Adkins S, Webb SE, Baker CA, Kousik CS (2008) Squash vein yellowing virus detection using nested polymerase chain reaction demonstrates that the cucurbit weed Momordica charantia is a reservoir host. Plant Disease 92, 1119-1123.

* Jeyaprakash A, Baker CA, Schubert TS, Badillo-Vargas IE, Roberts PD, Funderburk JE, Adkins S (2015) First Report of Squash vein yellowing virus in Watermelon in Guatemala. Plant Health Progress 16(3), 113-114.
------- mentioning diverging strains from Florida from Webster & Adkins (2012), i.e. divergent from strains originally reported by Adkins et al. (2007)

* Webster CG, Adkins S (2012) Low genetic diversity of squash vein yellowing virus in wild and cultivated cucurbits in the U.S. suggests a recent introduction. Virus Research 163, 520-527.