EPPO Global Database

Nepovirus nigranuli(TBRV00)

Distribution details in Saudi Arabia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2017: Present, no details
Comments
Symptoms were first observed in autumn 2015 on greenhouse tomato plants in several farms in Al Kharj Governorate. Laboratory analysis confirmed the presence of the virus in tomato samples collected from autumn 2015 to summer 2017.
References
* Al-shahwan I, Al-shudifat A, Al-saleh M, Abdalla O, Amer M (2021) First report of Tomato black ring virus (TBRV) on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in Saudi Arabia. Plant Disease 105(4), p 1231. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-20-1149-PDN
------ First record.