EPPO Global Database

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus(TYLCV0)

Distribution details in Kuwait

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, widespread
First recorded in: 1993
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1999/168) : causes a devastating disease of field-grown tomatoes since 1993.
References
* Al-Ali E, Al-Hashash H, Ben Heji A, Al-Aqeel H (2016) First report of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus infecting cucumber in Kuwait. Plant Disease 100(3), p 656.
--------- On field and glasshouse cucumber crops (Cucumis sativus).

* Review of Plant Pathology, 78(11), p 1043 (7877).
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Iraq Present, no details view...
Saudi Arabia Present, no details view...