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The host range of Tobacco streak virus in India and transmission by thrips
Author(s) -
PRASADA RAO R D V J,
REDDY A S,
REDDY S V,
THIRUMALADEVI K,
RAO S CHANDER,
MANOJ KUMAR V,
SUBRAMANIAM K,
YELLAMANDA REDDY T,
NIGAM S N,
REDDY D V R
Publication year - 2003
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.1744-7348.2003.tb00262.x
Subject(s) - biology , thrips , parthenium hysterophorus , arachis hypogaea , cultivar , helianthus annuus , agronomy , crop , sunflower , plant virus , host (biology) , infestation , horticulture , botany , virus , weed , virology , ecology
Summary Tobacco streak virus (TSV) recently caused an epidemic in peanut (= groundnut, Arachis hypogaea ) crops in Andhra Pradesh, India. In the epidemic area TSV occurred in many widely distributed weeds of which Parthenium hysterophorus probably plays a major role in its spread by thrips. Three thrips species, Megalurothrips usitatus, Frankliniella schultzei and Scirtothrips dorsalis were vectors in the presence of infected pollen. Of crop species, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) and Tagetes patula (marigold) could act as sources of inoculum. In limited tests, the virus was not seed‐transmitted in the peanut cultivar JL‐24 or in the sunflower hybrids KBSH‐41, ‐42, ‐44, and ‐50, MSFH‐17 and ZSH‐976. Strategies adopted to reduce the incidence of TSV are discussed.