EPPO Global Database

Coguvirus henanense(WCLAV2)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2025: Present, few occurrences
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2025/098) : first reported in July 2023 on watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) in Salerno province (Campania), as well as in commercial seed lots.
References
* Minutolo M, Nicoloso V, Cinque M, Chiumenti M, Di Rauso Simeone G, Di Serio F, Alioto D, Navarro B (2024) A polyvalent tool for detecting Coguviruses in multiple hosts allowed the identification of a novel seed-transmitted coguvirus infecting Brassicaceae. Phytopathology 114, 823-831.

* 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
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Slovenia Present, few occurrences view...