EPPO Global Database

Potyvirus wisteriae(WVMV00)

Distribution details in Italy

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
References
* Conti M, Lovisolo O (1970) Observations on a virus isolated from Wisteria floribunda DC in Italy. Rivista Di Patologia Vegetale Serie IV 5, 115–32.
--------- First observed on Wisteria floribunda in Northern Italy (Piemonte). Serologically similar to the virus described by Bos in the Netherlands (as Wisteria vein mosaic virus).

* D’Attoma G, Minafra A, Saldarelli P, Morelli M (2023) Molecular evidence for the presence of Wisteria vein mosaic virus in Italy: Shedding light on genetic diversity and evolutionary dynamics of virus geographic populations. Agriculture 13, 1090. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13051090
------- In 2022 severe symptoms were observed on the foliage of a W. sinensis plant growing in a urban garden in Apulia (Southern Italy).