EPPO Global Database

Ipomovirus lycopersici(TOMMOV)

Distribution details in Iraq

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2023/103) : found during surveys (September-October 2020) in field and glasshouse aubergine crops near Baghdad.
References
* Khaffajah B, Alisawi O, Al Fadhl F (2022) Genome sequencing of eggplant reveals Eggplant mild leaf mottle virus existence with associated two endogenous viruses in diseased eggplant in Iraq. Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 55(16), 1930-1943.
------- Eggplant mild leaf mottle virus is considered to be a strain of tomato mild mottle virus.