New whitefly-transmitted closterovirus identified in tomatoes
A new virus of tomato, tomato infectious chlorosis virus (TICV), has been identified in both field-and greenhouse-grown tomatoes in California, North Carolina and Italy. TICV is transmitted by the greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) in a semipersistent manner. TICV infe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources
1997-03-01
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| Series: | California Agriculture |
| Online Access: | http://calag.ucanr.edu/archive/?article=ca.v051n02p24 |
| Summary: | A new virus of tomato, tomato infectious chlorosis virus (TICV), has been identified
in both field-and greenhouse-grown tomatoes in California, North Carolina and Italy.
TICV is transmitted by the greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum) in a semipersistent manner. TICV infects a wide range of plant hosts, and has been
found naturally infecting Petunia and Ranunculus in greenhouses, and tree tobacco, commercial artichoke and bristly oxtongue in the
southern coastal region of California. Because of its wide host range, the prevalence
of the greenhouse whitefly in fields and greenhouses, and the movement of susceptible
plant hosts within and among countries around the world, TICV is a potential problem
for the world's tomato industry. TICV caused an estimated $2 million loss in Orange
County in 1993. Control measures include whitefly control, confirmation of TICV infection
by a diagnostic test and roguing of infected plants. |
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| ISSN: | 0008-0845 2160-8091 |