Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus: TSWV in Vegetable Crops: Tospoviruses

Tospoviruses In Solanaceae and Other Crops in The Coastal Plain of Georgia

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• History of Tospoviruses
• Tospovirus Detection
• Symptomatology TSWV (Tobacco)
• Thrips Vectors of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
• Epidemiology of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
  • Weed Hosts
  • Environment
  • Tospoviruses in Georgia Vegetables
• Management of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus
  • Thrips in Solanaceous Crops
  • Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Tobacco
  • Evaluation of Breeding Lines and Cultivars for TSWV Resistance in Georgia
  • Plant Growth and Yield in Tomato and Pepper as Affected by TSWV
  • Thrips Vector in Peanuts
• Summary and Outlook
• References
• Conversion Table
• Authors

Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Bayer Crop Science, Dupont, Syngenta, Philip Morris Co., Valent, Cerexagri, the Georgia Commodity Commission for Tobacco, the Vidalia Onion Committee, the Ford Foundation and the Georgia Peanut Commission for their financial backing of the research included in this report. Appreciation goes to Bayer Crop Science and Philip Morris Tobacco Company for their financial contribution to publishing this report.

Many technical personnel have played an important role in the research to date: Donnie Cook, Jackie Davis, Unessee Hargett, Don Hickey, Lara Lee Hickman, Veronica Jurjevic, Cindy LaHue, Jimmy Laska, Lewis Mullis and Hunt Sanders. Onion photograph O1 on page 23 contributed by Jeff Cook of the Crawford County, Georgia, Extension Service. Illustrations for “Entomology” provided by Angelika Pia Schmid-Riley.

J. Scott Angle Dean and Director David C. Bridges Assistant Dean Tifton Campus

ISSN 0072-128X Jerry A. Cherry Associate Dean and Senior Associate Director

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