*2.7.1* Pepper vein yellows virus *(PeVYV)*

*Pepper vein yellows virus* (PeVYV) has been reported in Ivory Coast, Mali, Republic of Benin, Sudan and Tunisia in Africa with infection rates of up to 100%. The virus is spread in circulative and non-propagative manner by *A. gossypii* and *M. persicae* [55]. Major host plants include *Capsicum* spp. and *Solanum nigrum* [56]; however, some alternate hosts such as *Chenopodium amaranticolor*, *Curcubrita pepo*, *Datura stramonium*, *Gomphrena globose* and *Nicotiana* spp. have been reported [56]. Symptoms on cultivated pepper plants include leaf curling, deformation, reduced leaf size, puckering, interveinal yellowing, vein clearing and yellow patches on leaves [57].

## *2.7.1.1 Management of PeVYV*

The most effective means of controlling PeVYV is preventing its introduction. Careful sourcing of plants, keeping aphid population low, raising awareness of its symptoms will assist in preventing the establishment of the virus [56].
