EPPO Global Database

Wisteria vein mosaic virus(WVMV00)

Distribution details in United Kingdom

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2015: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2013
References
* Denton JO, Denton GJ (2015) First report of Wisteria vein mosaic virus on Wisteria spp. in the United Kingdom. . New Disease Reports 31, 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2015.031.001
------- First observed in August 2013 in Wisteria floribunda plant in the RHS Garden in Wisley, Surrey. In 2014, further samples were collected from the same garden (W. floribunda and W. sinensis), a private garden (W. sinensis) and a commercial nursery in Sittingbourne, Kent (W. brachybotrys and W. sinensis) and all tested positive. Apparently no vigour reduction, but chlorosis and mottling affectrd the aestetic value.