Author : Yolanda Avila
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (436 download)
Book Synopsis Evaluation of Frankliniella Bispinosa as a Vector of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Pepper by : Yolanda Avila
Download or read book Evaluation of Frankliniella Bispinosa as a Vector of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Pepper written by Yolanda Avila and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The TSWV transmission trials were designed to assess the capacity of O. insidiosus to reduce primary spread of TSWV, as well as to compare rates of TSWV transmission by F. occidentalis versus F. bispinosa in the absence of the predator. The results obtained from the study were insufficient to draw conclusions on the ability of O. insidiosus to reduce primary spread of TSWV by predation upon F. occidentalis or F. bispinosa. The results demonstrate the ability of F. occidentalis and F. bispinosa to acquire TSWV from tomato and transmit the virus to pepper. Field studies show the dominant species of thrips in pepper during mid to late summer is F. bispinosa.