“…We have shown that German GPGV isolates were found in four clusters (B, C, D and E). The German isolates were genetically more diverse, for both genes, than those of other European populations, suggesting that the initial stages of GPGV's invasion of Europe were in Germany, not Italy (Hily et al., 2020; Tokhmechi et al., 2021). In contrast, most GPGV isolates from other regions (Australia, United States, France, Russia, Japan and China) tended to cluster according to their origin, as previously described (Elçi et al., 2018; Fajardo et al., 2017; Hily et al., 2020; Tokhmechi et al., 2021).…”