Abstract
The name Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) has been applied to a group of virus species of the genus Begomovirus in the family Geminiviridae that cause a similar tomato disease worldwide. In 1995, TYLCV was first reported in Algarve (southern Portugal) as responsible for an epidemic outbreak of a severe tomato disease. Molecular data have shown that this Portuguese TYLCV isolate was distinct from those previously reported in Europe, as it belonged to the TYLCV‐Israel species1. Since then, TYLCV epidemics have occurred annually, being a limiting factor mainly for autumn/winter glasshouse tomato crops. In 1998, TYLCV was also found associated with the emergence of a novel disease of Phaseolus vulgaris in Algarve. The affected bean plants were severely stunted and gave no marketable yield. However, the disease occurs only sporadically, even in conditions of high TYLCV infection pressure. Recently, Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV), a whitefly‐transmitted bipartite closterovirus (genus Crinivirus, family Closteroviridae), was found associated with an unusual tomato yellow leaf syndrome, in single or mixed infection with TYLCV. The impact of this new pathosystem on tomato production has yet to be determined. Surveys are in progress in mixed cropping systems infested with whiteflies. So far, TYLCV and ToCV diseases are limited to the Algarve region.
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