EPPO Global Database

Begomovirus cucurbitae(CULCUV)

Vectors

Important note on vectors:
Information on vectors and their associated pathogens is a new feature of the database (April 2023). Data will gradually be entered by the EPPO Secretariat and will focus on regulated (quarantine) pests.
Organism Type
Bemisia tabaci (BEMITA) Known vector
* Akad F, Webb S, Nyoike TW, Liburd OE, Turechek W, Adkins S, Polston JE (2008) Detection of Cucurbit leaf crumple virus in Florida cucurbits. Plant Disease 92(4), 648.

* EFSA Panel on Plant Health (2013) Scientific opinion on the risks to plant health posed by Bemisia tabaci species complex and viruses it transmits for the EU territory. EFSA journal 11(4), 3162.

Gadhave KR, Gautam S, Dutta B, Tim C, Adkins S, Srinivasan R (2020) Low frequency of horizontal and vertical transmission of cucurbit leaf crumple virus in whitefly Bemisia tabaci Gennadius. Phytopathology 110(6), 1235-1241.