EPPO Global Database

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus(TYLCV0)

Distribution details in France

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2002: Present, few occurrences
First recorded in: 1999
From NPPO: Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2000/094) : first reported in France in 1999 in one tomato field in Gard Languedoc-Roussillon region). Eradication measures applied.

EPPO Reporting Service (2000/168) : surveys in 2000 in the area of the single 1999 find showed that the virus was present neither in tomato crops nor in the vector Bemisia tabaci. Officially declared eradicated.

EPPO Reporting Service (2002/164) : in 2002-07 found again in tomatoes in plastic tunnels in Bouches-du-Rhône department. Official control measures. Confirmed in EPPO Reporting Service (2003/027)
References
* Anonymous (2000) Les actions conduites par les Services régionaux de la protection des végétaux en 1999 – Surveillance phytosanitaire du territoire français. Le Dossier ; encart de Notre Alimentation, no. 26, Avril 2000. Ministère de l’Agriculture et de la Pêche, p I & II.
------- First report.

* Anonymous (2002) Où l'on reparle du TYLCV sur tomate. Phytoma no. 533, p. 5.

* NPPO of France, 2000-11.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Belgium Absent, confirmed by survey view...
Guadeloupe Present, widespread view...
Italy Present, restricted distribution view...
Italy Sicilia Present, no details view...
Italy Sardegna Present, no details view...
Martinique Present, no details view...
Reunion Present, no details view...
Spain Islas Canárias Present, no details view...
Spain Present, restricted distribution view...
Spain Islas Baleares Present, restricted distribution view...