“…In the last few decades, TYLCV is expanding rapidly and new infected areas have been reported in several parts of the world especially in the New World. In Iran, since the first report of TYLCV from Southern provinces including Sistan and Baluchestan, Hormozgan, Kerman, Boushehr and Khuzestan (Hajimorad et al, 1996), it was reported in Khorasan, Isfahan, Markazi, Golestan, Tehran and Yazd (Shahriary and Bananej, 1998;Bananej et al, 1998Bananej et al, , 2004Bananej et al, , 2008. Although TYLCV was known as an infecting pathogen of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum), it can also infect several crop plants such as bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.), lisianthus (Eustomus grandiflorum), Mercurialis ambigua and pepper (Capsicum annum) (Cohen and Gera, 1995;Navas-Castillo et al, 1999;Reina et al, 1999;Sanchez-Campos et al, 2000).…”