EPPO Global Database

Begomovirus solanumflavusardiniaense(TYLCSV)

Distribution details in Tunisia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2014: Present, restricted distribution
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present, restricted distribution (2011-06)
From CABI Disease map 980 (2006): Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1993/026): distribution list.

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/129) : TYLCV only.

EPPO Reporting Service (2004/022) : species present is TYLCVS.

EPPO Reporting Service (2014/216) : detected in the invasive plant species Solanum elaeagnifolium.
References
* Cherif, C.; Russo, M. (1983) Cytological evidence of the association of a geminivirus with the tomato yellow leaf curl disease in Tunisia. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 108, 221-225.

* Mnari-Hattab M, Zammouri S, Hajlaoui MR (2014) First report of hard watermelon syndrome in Tunisia associated with tomato yellow leaf curl virus infection. New Disease Reports 30, 7. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2014.030.007
------- On Citrullus lanatus associated with symptoms of the 'hard watermelon syndrome' in the regions of Kairouan, Sidi Bouzid and Gafsa.

* NPPO of Tunisia (2011-06).

* Pellegin F, Mnari-Hattab M, Tahiri A, Dalleau-Clouet C, Peterschmitt M, Bonato O (2008) First report of simultaneous presence of Tomato yellow leaf curl Sardinia virus and Tomato yellow leaf curl Israel virus infecting crops and weeds in Tunisia. Journal of Plant Pathology 90(1), 143-149.

* Zammouri S, Mnari-Hattab M (2014) First report of Solanum elaeagnifolium as natural host of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus species (TYLCV and TYLCSV) in Tunisia. Journal of Plant Pathology 96(2), 431-439.
------- On the invasive plant species Solanum elaeagnifolium.