Phytoviruses in Palestine : status and future perspectives

الملخص EN

Phytosanitary actions and measurements are nowadays demanded in Palestine to control and limit the pathogenic phytoviruses dissemination throughout propagating materials.

Some of the plant viruses can cause significant yield losses which surely affect the national food security.

This study aimed to highlight phytoviruses state of the art and researches on plant viruses in State of Palestine.

The reviewed subject-related articles and data were obtained from available researches in specialized local and international Journals as well as researches sites (i.e.

Research gates; Google scholar; and PubMed).

Researches on plant viruses that affecting different economical and agricultural importances such as olives, grapevines, stone fruits, citrus, tomato, and cucurbits were discussed; and their incidence reports were reviewed.

It was found that phytoviruses researches and actions towards prevention in Palestine are still in their infancy.

None of phytoviruses had been reported to Gaza Strip.

This study recommended more researches to be done on the sanitary status on plants with putative high economical and cultural impacts with emphasis on virus and virus-like diseases.

To the best of our knowledge, this is the first phytoviruses review study in the State of Palestine.

The paper can be considered as a guide and a reference to the field of Phytosanitary services and can be used as a road map to researchers in this field of study.