Flue-cured tobacco confirmed as a reservoir host plant for Tomato yellow leaf curl virus by agro-inoculation and Bemisia tabaci MED-mediated transmission.

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) causes great losses in tomato production. In addition to tomato, TYLCV infects many crops or weeds as alternative hosts. These alternative hosts may serve as reservoirs for TYLCV survival and spread. Here, we tested the capability of cultivated, flue-cured tobac...

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Main Authors: Meng Li, Xiao-Juan Li, Yun-Lin Su
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5741240?pdf=render