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Tomato spotted wilt orthotospovirus (TSWV) is a spherical negative-sense RNA virus. Transmitted by thrips , it causes serious losses in economically important crops and it is one of the most economically devastating plant viruses in the world.
Identifying Thrip Damage on Plants. ... These pests commonly affect food crops like asparagus, tomatoes, and beans, but they also plague most houseplants and ornamentals, ...
Thrips palmi is an insect from the genus Thrips in the order Thysanoptera. [1] It is known commonly as the melon thrips.. It is a primary vector of plant viruses.The melon thrips can cause damage to a wide range of glasshouse ornamental and vegetable crops, particularly plants in the families Cucurbitaceae and Solanaceae, such as cucumber, aubergine, tomato and sweet pepper.
They are sites where a female has oviposited into developing flower buds or fruitlets. Despite the cosmetic damage suffered by these light skinned apple cultivars they are seemingly unaffected by most thrip vectored viruses. Infested apples of the mountain west simply provide a natural setting for Western Flower Thrips to thrive and reproduce.
Dicyphus hesperus has also been tested as a biological control for the western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) on tomatoes. It was effective at reducing the number of thrips but when the ratio of predator to prey was too high (>1:10), some damage was caused to the tomato fruits by D. hesperus. [7]
Out of the 6,000 species of thrips, most are only harmful to plants, according to Direct Hit Pest Control. The tiny, slender winged bugs puncture the tissue of the host and “suck out the cell ...
Tomato mosaic Tomato mosaic virus Tomato mottle Tomato mottle geminivirus: Tomato necrosis Alfalfa mosaic virus: Tomato spotted wilt Tomato spotted wilt virus: Tomato yellow leaf curl Tomato yellow leaf curl virus: Tomato yellow top Tomato yellow top virus: Tomato bunchy top: Potato spindle tuber viroid [5] Tomato planto macho Tomato planto ...
F. oxysporum also causes damage to many crops from the family Solanaceae, including potato, tomato, and pepper. Yield losses of affected crops can be high, up to 45% yield loss of tomato crop has been reported in India. Other commercially important plants affected include basil, beans, carnation, chrysanthemum, peas, and watermelon.