Pelargonium zonate spot virus
zonate spot
PZSV
Asia: Israel; Europe: France, Italy, Spain; North America: USA; Oceania: Australia; South America: Argentina
CA
2025-11-24
virus
Korea, Thailand
Main: artichoke, tomato; Other: sunflower
PZSV00
Pelargonium zonate spot virus is an anulavirus known for producing concentric chlorotic or necrotic leaf spots and ring patterns. It spreads primarily through mechanical means and infected plant material, with no confirmed insect vector and only limited evidence of seed transmission.
Crops
Capsicum annuum
pepper
No
PZSV00-1, CABI CPC, DPV WEB, PZSV00-6
No references were found indicating pepper seed is a pathway.
2025-11-24 17:22:55
Lapidot M., Guenoune-Gelbart D., Leibman D., Holdengreber V., Davidovitz M., Machbash Z., Klieman-Shoval S., Cohen S., and Gal-On, A.. 2010. Pelargonium zonate spot virus Is Transmitted Vertically via Seed and Pollen in Tomato. Phytopathology 100:798-804
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Description of Plant Viruses ; http://dpvweb.net/dpv/
Escriu, F., Cambra, M.A. and Luis-Arteaga, M., 2009. First report of pepper as a natural host for Pelargonium zonate spot virus in Spain. Plant Disease, 93(12), pp.1346-1346.
Helianthus annuus
sunflower
No
PZSV00-2, CABI CPC, DPV WEB
No references were found indicating sunflower seed is a pathway.
2025-11-24 17:23:25
Giolitti F; Bejerman N; Nome C; Visintin G; Breuil Sde; Lenardon S, 2014. Biological and molecular characterization of an isolate of Pelargonium zonate spot virus infecting sunflower in Argentina. Journal of Plant Pathology, 96:189-194
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Description of Plant Viruses ; http://dpvweb.net/dpv/
Solanum lycopersicum
tomato
uncertain
PZSV00-1, PZSV00-2, PZSV00-3, CABI CPC, DPV WEB, PZSV00-7, PZSV00-8, PZSV00-9
Seed transmission of Pelargonium zonate spot virus in tomato is contradictory. One study reported no seed transmission in tomato, though details were not provided, while the same work documented seed transmission in a weed using naturally infected seed. Another study found that seeds from mechanically inoculated tomato plants could transmit PZSV, with 11–18% of seedlings infected, but this has not been confirmed using naturally infected tomato seeds.
Yes
ELISA, PCR
Commercial tests using ELSIA or PCR are available. Test methods have not been validated or standardized.
PZSV00-7, PZSV00-9
2025-11-24 17:29:41
Lapidot M., Guenoune-Gelbart D., Leibman D., Holdengreber V., Davidovitz M., Machbash Z., Klieman-Shoval S., Cohen S., and Gal-On, A.. 2010. Pelargonium zonate spot virus Is Transmitted Vertically via Seed and Pollen in Tomato. Phytopathology 100:798-804
Giolitti F; Bejerman N; Nome C; Visintin G; Breuil Sde; Lenardon S, 2014. Biological and molecular characterization of an isolate of Pelargonium zonate spot virus infecting sunflower in Argentina. Journal of Plant Pathology, 96:189-194
Hanssen M., Lapidot M., and Thomma, B. 2010. Emerging Viral Diseases of Tomato Crops. MPMI 23:539–548
Crop Protection Compendium. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. www.cabi.org/cpc.
Description of Plant Viruses ; http://dpvweb.net/dpv/
Gebre-Selassie, K., Delecolle, B., Gognalons, P., Dufour, O., Gros, C., Cotillon, A.C., Parrella, G. and Marchoux, G., 2002. First report of an isolate of Pelargonium zonate spot virus in commercial glasshouse tomato crops in Southeastern France. Plant Disease, 86(9), p.1052.
Vovlas, C., Gallitelli, D. and Conti, M., 1989. Preliminary evidence for an unusual mode of transmission in the ecology of Pelargonium zonate spot virus (PZSV). In Proceedings 4th Plant Virus Epidemiology Workshop, Montpellier, France, pp.302-305.
Luis-Arteaga, M. and Cambra, M.A., 2000. First report of natural infection of greenhouse-grown tomato and weed species by Pelargonium zonate spot virus in Spain. Plant Disease, 84(7), pp.807.
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