Rapid spread of tomato yellow leaf curl virus in China is aided differentially by two invasive whiteflies.

BACKGROUND: Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) was introduced into China in 2006, approximately 10 years after the introduction of an invasive whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) B biotype. Even so the distribution and prevalence of TYLCV remained limited, and the economic damage was minimal. Follow...

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Main Authors: Huipeng Pan, Dong Chu, Wenqian Yan, Qi Su, Baiming Liu, Shaoli Wang, Qingjun Wu, Wen Xie, Xiaoguo Jiao, Rumei Li, Nina Yang, Xin Yang, Baoyun Xu, Judith K Brown, Xuguo Zhou, Youjun Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3325912?pdf=render