EPPO Global Database

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus(TYLCV0)

Distribution details in Lebanon

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1994: Present, widespread
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1993/26) : distribution list.

EPPO Reporting Service (1994/203) : confirmed widespread, to the extent that field production of tomatoes in summer and autumn has been abandoned in the coastal plains.
References
* Abou Jawdah, Y.; Shebaro, W. (1994) Screening tomato genotypes for resistance to tomato yellow leaf curl geminivirus and its detection by a digoxigenin-labelled DNA probe. Paper presented at the 9th Congress of the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union.

* Makkouk, K.M.; Shehab, S.; Majdalani, S.E. (1979) Tomato yellow leaf curl: incidence, yield and losses and transmission in Lebanon. Phytopathologische Zeitschrift 96, 263-267.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Israel Present, no details view...