EPPO Global Database

Tomato infectious chlorosis virus(TICV00)

Distribution details in Greece

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2013: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 1997
From CABI Disease map 921 (2015): Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2003/028) : widespread in glasshouse tomatoes in Peloponnese, Macedonia, islands of Poros, Rhodos, Kriti. Few reports from field-grown tomatoes.

EPPO Reporting Service (2016/108) : detected in the weed species Dittrichia viscosa which had been left in a tomato greenhouse to attract and sustain populations of Macrolophus caliginosus, a biocontrol agent used against the whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum.
References
* Dovas CI, Katis NI, Avgelis AD (2002) Plant Disease 86 (12), 1345-1349.
------- First recorded in 1997. In glasshouses.

* Elena, K.; Alivizatos, A. S.; Varveri, C. (2008) Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 1 (1), 1-25

* Orfanidou CG, Dimitriou C, Papayiannis LC, Maliogka VI, Katis NI (2013) Epidemiology and evolutionary studies of criniviruses associated with tomato yellows disease in Greece. Abstract of a paper presented at the 12th International Symposium on Plant Virus Epidemiology (Arusha, TZ, 2013-28-01/02-01), p 79.
------- During a survey carried out in 2009/2012, TICV incidence was 87%.

* Orfanidou CG, Dimitriou C, Papayiannis LC, Maliogka VI, Katis NI (2014) Epidemiology and genetic diversity of criniviruses associated with tomato yellows disease in Greece. Virus Research 186, 120–129.

* Orfanidou CG, Maliogka VI, Katis NI (2016) False yellowhead (Dittrichia viscosa), a banker plant as source of Tomato infectious chlorosis virus in Greece. Plant Disease 100(4), p 869.
------- On Dittrichia viscosa.

* Papayiannis, L. C.; Harkou, I. S.; Markou, R. M.; Demetriou, C. N.; Katis, N. I. (2011) Journal of Virological Methods 176 (1-2), 53-59
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bulgaria Present, few occurrences view...