One-hundred and fourteen virus species are transmitted by whiteflies (family Aleyrodidae).
Bemisia tabaci transmits 111 of these species while Trialeurodes vaporariorum and T …

Viral diseases are an important limiting factor in many crop production systems. Because
antiviral products are not available, control strategies rely on genetic resistance or hygienic …

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

Tomato yellow leaf curl (TYLC) is one of the most devastating viral diseases of cultivated
tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, and losses …

Geminiviruses comprise a large and diverse family of viruses that infect a wide range of
important monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous crop species and cause significant yield …

The effect that Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV)-infected resistant tomato plants may
have on virus epidemiology was studied. Four tomato genotypes that exhibit different levels …

Begomoviruses are a group of icosahedral single stranded DNA viruses exclusively
transmitted by the sweet potato whitefly Bemisia tabaci in a persistent, circulative manner. In …

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) seriously impacts tomato production throughout
tropical and sub-tropical regions of the world. It has a broad geographical distribution and …

Epidemics of tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) in the Dominican Republic in the
early to mid-1990s resulted in catastrophic losses to processing tomato production. As part …

Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) is one of the most devastating plant diseases in
the world. As a result of its continuing rapid spread, it now afflicts more than 30 tomato …