Arabis mosaic virus (AMY) , in association with its vector Xiphinema diversicaudatum, is recorded for the first time in New Zealand.It was found occurring naturally on tamarillos (tree tomatoes) and was transferred experimentally to produce symptoms on Buttercup squash, cowpea, cucumber, french bean, lupin, Petunia, soybean, and tobacco. AMY was also transmitted to celery, coriander, pea, and sweet pea, but produced no symptoms in these hosts.No nematode or seed transmission experiments were attempted. Surveys showed the nematode vector to be present in only small numbers but regularly associated with tamarillo plants infected with AMY.The host range, physical properties, serology, and electron microscopy of the virus suggest that it is a strain of arabis mosaic virus.