First record of cotton leaf curl Gezira virus in Germany
The NPPO of Germany recently informed the Secretariat of the first finding of cotton leaf curl Gezira virus (Begomovirus, CLCuGV - EU A1 Quarantine pest as ‘Begomovirus’) on its territory in September 2022. Following the outbreak of CLCuGV on Lavatera plants reported in the Netherlands (EPPO RS 2022/153) and in Belgium, (RS 2022/196), trace back studies showed that infected plants from the Netherlands had been delivered in summer 2021 and further grown and propagated in a nursery in Nordrhein-Westfalen. Official eradication measures are applied in the nursery including destruction of the infected lot. Trace-forward investigations of already delivered plants are ongoing.
It is noted that the vector of CLCuGV, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae - EPPO A2 List) is not present in the nursery, and therefore no demarcated area has been established.
The situation of cotton leaf curl Gezira virus in Germany can be described as: Transient, actionable, under eradication.
Sources
NPPO of Germany (2022-11).