EPPO Global Database

Coguvirus henanense(WCLAV2)

Distribution details in Australia

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Absent, invalid record
Comments
The article by Parrella(2025) mentions the presence of WCLaV-2 in Australia but reference cited relates to WCLaV-1 (Mulholland et al., 2023). The EPPO Secretariat was not able to find information about the presence of WCLaV-2 in Australia.
References
* Mulholland S, Wildman O, Kinoti WM, Constable F, Daly A, Tesoriero L, Maina S, Chapman TA (2023) First report of watermelon crinkle leaf associated virus-1 (WCLaV-1) in watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Australia. Journal of Plant Pathology 105(1), 295-297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42161-022-01250-8

* Parrella G (2025) First record of watermelon crinkle leaf-associated virus 2 infecting watermelon in open field in Italy. Plant Disease (early view). https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-25-0245-PDN