EPPO Global Database

Tobamovirus maculatessellati(TOMMV0)

Distribution details in China

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2023: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2013
Comments
Symptoms were first observed on pepper plants (Capsicum annuum) in several greenhouses of Lhasa (Tibet autonomous region) in August 2013. The virus was detected in symptomatic tomato samples from Lhasa as well as from symptomatic samples of C. frutescens collected from Yunnan.

Also found in tomato crops in Hainan.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/049) : on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) and pepper (Capsicum sp.) in the Yunnan province.

EPPO Reporting Service (2021/185) : green pea (Pisum sativum) in Yunnan.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/096) : on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in Shandong.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/154) : on Trichosanthes kirilowii in Anhui.
References
* Chai A, Chen L Cao J Kang H, Shi Y Xie X, Li B (2019) Identification of viruses causing eggplant purple mottle flower disease by siRNA High-Throughput Sequencing and RT-PCR detection. Acta Horticulturae Sinica 46(3), 508-518 (in Chinese).
------- On glasshouse egglant crops.

* Che HY, Cao XR (2018) First report of Tomato mottle mosaic virus in tomato crops in China. Plant Disease 102(10), p 2051.
------- On tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) in Hainan.

* Jin D, Ren C, Guo Y, He K Piao J, Ji Y, Li S (2023) First report of tomato mottle mosaic virus infecting Chinese snake gourd (Trichosanthes kirilowii) in China. Plant Disease 107(8), 2563. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-01-23-0161-PDN
------- On Trichosanthes kirilowii in Anhui.

* Li YY, Wang CL, Xiang D, Li RH, Liu Y, Li F (2014) First report of Tomato mottle mosaic virus infection of pepper in China. Plant Disease 98(10), p 1447.
------- On Capsicum annuum near Lhasa (Tibet autonomous region) and C. frutescens samples from Yunnan.

* Li YY, Zhou WP, Lu SQ, Chen DR, Dai JH, Guo QY, Liu Y, Ta, GL (2020) Occurrence and biological characteristics of tomato mottle mosaic virus on solanaceae crops in China. Scientia Agricultura Sinica 53(3), 539-550.

* Li Y, Tan G, Xiao L, Zhou W, Lan P, Chen X, Liu Y, Li R, Li F (2021) A multiyear survey and identification of pepper- and tomato-infecting viruses in Yunnan Province, China. Fronters in Microbiology 12, 623875. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.623875

* Tettey CK, Yan ZY, ZHAO MS, Chao GE, Tian YP, Li XD (2022) Tomato mottle mosaic virus: Characterization, resistance gene effectiveness, and quintuplex RT-PCR detection system. Journal of Integrative Agriculture 21(9), 2641-2651. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jia.2022.07.020
------- on tomato. in Shandong.

* Zhang S, Tan G, Li F (2021) First report of pea as a natural host of tomato mottle mosaic virus in China. Plant Disease 106(2), p 775. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-02-21-0280-PDN
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
India Present, no details view...
Pakistan Absent, unreliable record view...
Vietnam Absent, unreliable record view...