Torradovirus lycopersici(TOTV00)
Distribution details in South Africa
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2015
First recorded in: 2015
EPPO Reporting Service (2016/024) : first found in 2015 on tunnel and field-cultivated tomato crops in the Limpopo province. The virus was also detected in weeds (Datura stramonium) harboring large whitefly populations along rows of tomato crops.
* Mahlanza T, Pierneef RE, Makwarela L, Roberts R, van der Merwe M (2022) Metagenomic analysis for detection and discovery of plant viruses in wild Solanum spp. in South Africa. Plant Pathology 71(7), 1633-1644.
-------- In the weeds Solanum chenopodioides and S. retroflexum.
* Moodley V, Gubba A, Mafongoya PL (2016) First report of Tomato torrado virus on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in South Africa. Plant Disease 100(1), p 231.
* Moodley V, Gubba A, Mafongoya PL (2020) Emergence and full genome analysis of tomato torrado virus in South Africa. Viruses 12(10),1167. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12101167
------- Detected only in Limpopo province on tomato and weeds (mainly Datura stramonium and to a lesser extent Abutilon grantii). No other tomato-infecting torradoviruses were detected but co-infections with PepMV and ToCV were found.
-------- In the weeds Solanum chenopodioides and S. retroflexum.
* Moodley V, Gubba A, Mafongoya PL (2016) First report of Tomato torrado virus on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in South Africa. Plant Disease 100(1), p 231.
* Moodley V, Gubba A, Mafongoya PL (2020) Emergence and full genome analysis of tomato torrado virus in South Africa. Viruses 12(10),1167. https://doi.org/10.3390/v12101167
------- Detected only in Limpopo province on tomato and weeds (mainly Datura stramonium and to a lesser extent Abutilon grantii). No other tomato-infecting torradoviruses were detected but co-infections with PepMV and ToCV were found.