EPPO Global Database

Begomovirus coheni(TYLCV0)

Distribution details in Taiwan

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2011: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (1993/026): distribution list.

From Tsai et al. (2011): Tomato leaf curl disease was first observed in 1981 in south-western Taiwan and by 1995 it was present accross the whole island. Several viruses: Tomato leaf curl Taiwan virus, Tomato yellow leaf curl Thailand virus and Tomato leaf curl Hsinchu virus have been detected.
References
* Tsai WS, Shih SL, Kenyon L, Green SK, Jan FJ (2011) Temporal distribution and pathogenicity of the predominant tomato-infecting begomovirus in Taiwan. Plant Patholgoy 60(4), 787-799.