Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV), a member of genus Crinivirus, family Closteroviridae, is a whitefly-transmitted virus that has spread with increasing frequency of infections in solanaceous crops in China. In August 2014, chlorotic spots were observed on pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) leaves in fields...

In May 2015, a leaf curl disease was observed on tomato and Senna tora plants growing in District Ballia, Eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. The symptoms in S. tora plants consisted of leaf curl disease. The presence of whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci), the vector of begomoviruses, was also observed on the...

During the 2012 autumn season, unusual symptoms of leaf yellowing and curling were observed on several plants of Urtica membranacea growing along the rows of a greenhouse tomato cultivation in southern Italy (Torre del Greco, Campania Region). Tomato cv. Jama plants in the greenhouse were affected...

In order to clarify the cryptic species of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci transmitting Cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV) in Guangdong Province, molecular identification, whitefly transmission and molecular detection were conducted in the study. The results indicated that, in the fields occurring ...

During the 2015 growing season, tunnel- and field-cultivated tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) crops in the Limpopo Province of the Republic of South Africa developed dark brown spots on the leaves that progressed to a burnt-like appearance. Symptoms began as necrotic spots at the base of young leaves...

Following the first identification of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) in Shanghai, China in 2006, it has been reported from many provinces of China as one of the most important tomato pathogens. TYLCV is transmitted by whitefly Bemisia tabaci, while weed plants act as intermediate hosts and...

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,...

In September 2014, yellowing and interveinal chlorosis was observed on the leaves of aubergines grown under greenhouse conditions in Haidian District, Beijing, China. Mature leaves showed more intense interveinal chlorosis than young leaves and the percentage of plants exhibiting symptoms was 80%....

The introduction of invasive species causes damages from the economic and ecological point of view. Interception of plant pests and eradication of the established populations are two management options to prevent or limit the risk posed by an invasive species. Management options generate costs...

The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a major pest of economically important crops worldwide. Both the United Kingdom (UK) and Finland hold Protected Zone status against this invasive pest. As a result B. tabaci entering these countries on plants and plant ...