In this study, we monitored the carrying rate of ToCV of Bemisia tabaci in major tomato production areas of China in 2013 and 2014. We discovered that in 2013, among all B. tabaci samples collected from 16 different areas of China, those from Yuncheng Shanxi, Taiyuan Shanxi, Shanghe Shandong,...

Systemic foliar chlorosis of melon, watermelon, and cucumber plants grown in plastic houses was first observed in Shanghai, China, in 2008. By the end of October 2009, this symptom had become prevalent across 13 000 ha of plastic houses in Shanghai, Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, and Shouguang in...

Background: Plant-pathogenic begomoviruses have a complex association with their insect vectors. The interactions of begomoviruses and reproduction of their vectors are poorly understood. Bemisia tabaci is known to transmit many begomoviruses, and the spread of B. tabaci, especially the B and Q...

The global invasion of certain Bemisia tabaci biotypes provides opportunities to compare the competency of virus transmission between invasive and indigenous biotypes. Here we report on the acquisition, retention and transmission of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus (TYLCV) by the invasive B, Q and...

A new distribution map is provided for Leek yellow stripe virus. Potyviridae: Potyvirus. Hosts: leek (Allium porrum) and garlic (Allium sativum). Information is given on the geographical distribution in Europe (Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy (mainland Italy, Sicily),...

Close relations exist between pine forest fires and the epidemic spread of pine wilt disease (PWD), caused by the plant parasitic nematode Bursaphelenchus xylophilus, which is carried by the vector Monochamus alternatus. In a study in [Zhejiang Province] China, in 1992-96, adults of Monochamus...