학술논문
Note:Bemisia tabaci biotype B associated with tomato yellow leaf curl disease epidemics on rhodes Island, Greece
Document Type
Original Paper
Source
Phytoparasitica. February 2008 36(1):20-22
Subject
Language
English
ISSN
0334-2123
1876-7184
1876-7184
Abstract
In 2006 an outbreak of tomato yellow leaf curl disease occurred in tomato crops on Rhodes Island, Greece. Diseased plants were found to be infested with the B biotype of theBemisia tabaci (Gennadius) complex and greenhouse and open-field-grown tomato crops were infected withTomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) introduced from the Middle East. This is the first report of TYLCV and the B biotype ofB. tabaci on Rhodes Island in Greece.