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THE RÔLE OF THRIPS TABACI LINDEMAN IN THE TRANSMISSION OF VIRUS DISEASES Of TOMATO
Author(s) -
JARRETT PHYLLIS H.
Publication year - 1930
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1930.tb07225.x
Subject(s) - thrips , biology , streak , transmission (telecommunications) , plant virus , vector (molecular biology) , virus , virus diseases , horticulture , virology , disease transmission , botany , genetics , gene , telecommunications , optics , recombinant dna , computer science , physics
S ummary . A description is given of experiments designed to show the rôle of Thrips tabaci Lindeman in the transmission of tomatoes. The diseases tested were tobacco mosaic and glasshouse streak singly, and the viruses of each of these two combined with a potato mosaic virus to give a disease termed experimental streak. The source of the materials used and the methods employed are described in detail. In no case was transmission of any of the viruses recorded, although the insects had fed freely on all the plants. It is concluded that Thrips tabaci does not transmit virus diseases of tomatoes under all conditions. The importance of this insect as a vector of these diseases in commercial glasshouses in England is therefore doubtful.