EPPO Global Database

Tobamovirus maculatessellati(TOMMV0)

Distribution details in Spain

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Absent, pest no longer present
First recorded in: 2015
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2020/253) : first found in summer 2015 on glasshouse tomatoes (grown for research) near Valencia.

From NPPO (2022-06): following the above detection, affected plants have been destroyed and further surveys did not detect the virus. ToMMV is considered to be absent from the Valencia region and from Spain.

EPPO Reporting Service (2023/095) : found in capsicum seed produced in 2015.
References
* Ambros S, Martinez F, Ivars, P, Hernandez C, de la Iglesia F, Elena SF (2017) Molecular and biological characterization of an isolate of Tomato mottle mosaic virus (ToMMV) infecting tomato and other experimental hosts in Eastern Spain. European Journal of Plant Pathology 149(2), 261-268.

* NPPO of Spain (2022-06).

* Schoen R, de Koning P, Oplaat C, Roenhorst A, Westenberg M, van der Gaag DJ, Barnhoorn R, Koenraadt H, van Dooijeweert W, Lievers R, Woudt B (2023) Identification of Tomato mottle mosaic virus in historic seed accessions originating from France, the Netherlands and Spain, indicates a wider presence before its first description. European Journal of Plant Pathology 166(4), 485-489. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10658-023-02677-0
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
France Absent, pest no longer present view...