EPPO Global Database

Begomovirus citrulli(WMCSV0)

Distribution details in Greece

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 1998: Absent, unreliable record
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2001/149) : very similar symptoms found in watermelon in Elia and Trikala prefectures. Not certainly identified as WMCSV.
References
* Bem, F.; Paplomatas, E.J. (2001) Occurrence of the disease “Watermelon chlorotic stunt” in Greece. Abstract of a paper presented at the 9th Hellenic Phytopathological Congress, Athens, Greece, 1998-10-20/22. Phytopathologia Mediterranea, 40(1), p 80.