Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2007) 124, 161-166

J.C. Cabrera-La Rosa and G.G. Kennedy (2007)
Thrips tabaci and Tomato spotted wilt virus: inheritance of vector competence
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 124 (2), 161-166
Abstract: Populations of onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), were shown to differ significantly in their ability to transmit an isolate of tomato spotted wilt virus (Tospovirus: Bunyaviridae) (TSWV) collected from potato [Solanum tuberosum L. (Solanaceae)]. To gain an understanding of the basis for this variation, we generated reciprocal crosses between an efficient and an inefficient transmitting population. The resulting F₁ progeny and progeny from the parental populations were tested for their ability to transmit TSWV. Our results indicate that the ability to transmit TSWV efficiently by T. tabaci is inherited as a recessive trait.
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Database assignments for author(s): George G. Kennedy, Juan C. Cabrera-La Rosa

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
transmission/dispersal of plant diseases

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Thrips tabaci	Potato (Solanum tuberosum)
	Orthotospovirus tomatomaculae	Potato (Solanum tuberosum)