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Transmisión del Tomato Venezuela Virus por Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), en Maracaibo, Venezuela

author(s) Romay, G - Geraud-Pouey, F - Chirinos, D.T. - Morales Garzón, Francisco José - Herrera, E. - Fernández, C. - Martínez, A.K.
from International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT)
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  • Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Americas
  • World
  • South America
citation

Romay, G., Geraud-Pouey, F., Chirinos, D. T., Morales, F., Herrera, E., Fernández, C., & Martínez, A. K. (2010). Transmisión del tomato Venezuela virus por Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), en Maracaibo, Venezuela. In Neotropical Entomology 39(2): 266–274. Springer Science and Business Media LLC. https://doi.org/10.1590/s1519-566x2010000200019

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Abstract

The biological transmission of Tomato Venezuela virus (ToVEV) by biotype B of the whitefly species Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) increased (21.7-95.0%), and the time for symptom expression decreased (16-12.6 days) as the number of viruliferous whiteflies allowed access for inoculation to susceptible tomato plants increased from 1 to 20 adults/plant. When acquired only as a nymph, adults of this biotype transmitted the virus to 88.3% of susceptible tomato plants, using 15 viruliferous individuals per test plant, corroborating the circulative nature of the transmission. Disease incidence further increased (up to 100%) when the individuals were allowed to feed again on a virusinfected plant as adults. Leaf area, plant height and dry matter were significantly affected in ToVEV infected tomato plants.

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