EPPO Global Database

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus(TYLCV0)

Distribution details in Reunion

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2012: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1997
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1999/135) : symptoms were first observed in tomato crops in September 1997. In a preliminary survey, all infected samples were collected on the leeward coast.

EPPO Reporting Service (2003/172) : serious problem. Details on vectors, importance and control.
References
* Péréfarres F, Thierry M, Becker N, Lefeuvre P, Reynaud B, Delatte H, Lett JM (2012) Biological invasions of geminiviruses: case study of TYLCV and Bemisia tabaci in Reunion Island. Viruses 4, 3665-3688.

* Reynaud, B.; Wuster, G.; Delatte, H.; Soustrade, I.; Lett, J.M.; Gambin, O.; Peterschmitt, M. (2003) Les maladies à bégomovirus chez la tomate dans les départements français d’Outre-Mer. Le Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) à la Réunion. Phytoma - La Défense des Végétaux no. 562, 13-17.

* Review of Plant Pathology, 78(7), p 630 (4784).

* Rimbaud L, Cottineau JB, Avril JP, Sorres V, Festin C, Minatchy J, Suzanne W, Leroux K, Tilma P, Maillary L, Dupuis S, Hostachy B, Lett JM (2011) La tomate face au TYLCV à la Réunion. Phytoma - La Défense des Végétaux no. 650, 48-52.
------- TYLCV still causing problems in lowlands, particularly in field tomatoes.
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Present, few occurrences view...