Virus diseases that have emerged in the past two decades limit the production of important
vegetable crops in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions worldwide, and many of the …

Management of geminiviruses is a worldwide challenge because of the widespread
distribution of economically important diseases caused by these viruses. Regardless of the …

Geminiviruses form the second largest family of plant viruses, the Geminiviridae,
represented by four genera: Mastrevirus, Curtovirus, Topocuvirus and Begomovirus. During …

Begomoviruses (Family Geminiviridae, Genus Begomovirus) have become the most
destructive group of plant viruses in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. The recent …

The name tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) has been given to several whitefly-
transmitted geminiviruses affecting tomato cultures in many tropical and subtropical regions …

The proliferation and rapid dissemination of whitefly-transmitted viruses of important food
and industrial crops in Latin America, have been the consequence of drastic changes in …

In July 1997, symptoms characteristic of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV-Is) were
observed on one tomato plant in a field in Collier County, Florida, and on several tomato …

Viruses constitute the largest group of emerging pathogens, and geminiviruses (plant
viruses with circular, single-stranded DNA genomes) are the major group of emerging plant …

Tomato-infecting begomoviruses have been reported throughout Brazil since the
introduction of the B biotype of Bemisia tabaci. Here, we report a large scale survey on the …

Chilli leaf curl virus disease caused by begomoviruses, has emerged as a major threat to
global chilli production, causing severe yield losses and economic harm. Begomoviruses …