Ipomovirus lycopersici(TOMMOV)
Distribution details in Israel
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2013: Present, no details
The causal agent of the disease observed in Israel on aubergine (tentatively named eggplant mild leaf mottle virus) is considered to be a distant strain of tomato mild mottle virus.
* Dombrowsky A, Sapkota R, Lachman O, Pearlsman M, Antignus Y (2013) A new aubergine disease caused by a whitefly-borne strain of Tomato mild mottle virus (TomMMoV). Plant Pathology 62(4), 750-759.