EPPO Global Database

Blunervirus solani(TOFBV0)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2024: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2018
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/184) : new blunervirus isolated from symptomatic tomato plants grown in an open field in autumn 2018.

EPPO Reporting Service (2024/062) : found in greenhouse tomatoes in Ragusa province (Sicilia). Under eradication.
References
* Ciuffo M, Kinoti WM, Tiberini A, Forgia M, Tomassoli L, Constable FE, Turina M (2020) A new blunervirus infects tomato crops in Italy and Australia. Archives of Virology 165, 2379-2384
------- Found in Latina (Lazio) in 2018 and 2019. A sample from 2012 also tested positive for this virus.

* Panno S, Ragona A, Bertacca S, Agrò G, Yahyaoui E, Dimauro B, Caruso AG, Davino S (2024) Outbreak of tomato fruit blotch virus in the most relevant tomato greenhouse production area of Sicily. Journal of Plant Pathology 106(2), 789-792. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-024-01623-1
------- Sicilia.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Slovenia Present, no details view...
Switzerland Present, restricted distribution view...