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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Ceratothripoides claratris, a new vector of a Capsicum chlorosis virus isolate infecting tomato in Thailand
Phytopathology, Volume 95, No. 6, Year 2005
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Ceratothripoides claratris, the predominant thrips species on tomato in Thailand, was tested for vector competence and efficiency to transmit Capsicum chlorosis virus (CaCV) (isolate AIT) to tomato. The efficiency of adult-stage transmission was influenced by the larval stage at which virus was acquired. Adult C. claratris showed 69% transmission efficiency after acquiring the virus as freshly emerged (<1 h) first-instar larvae. However, when just molted (<1 h) second-instar larvae acquired the virus, the percentage of adult transmitters significantly decreased (48%). Transmission efficiency of up to 47% was detected with second-instar larvae of C. claratris which had acquired the virus as freshly emerged first-instar larvae. Transmission efficiency did not significantly differ between adult males and females, irrespective of the larval stage at which the virus was acquired. Highest transmission efficiency for CaCV was recorded in adult C. claratris derived from second-instar larvae collected from infected tomato plants in a greenhouse. Lowest transmission efficiency was observed in adults directly collected from infected tomato plants in the greenhouse. The spread of CaCV on tomato plants in greenhouses showed a close association with thrips infestations. © 2005 The American Phytopathological Society.
Authors & Co-Authors
Dammini Premachandra, W. T.S.
Sri Lanka, Galle
University of Ruhuna
Borgemeister, Christian W.
Germany, Hannover
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Maiß, Edgar
Germany, Hannover
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Knierim, Dennis
Germany, Hannover
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Poehling, Hans Michael
Germany, Hannover
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Statistics
Citations: 60
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1094/PHYTO-95-0659
ISSN:
0031949X
Participants Gender
Female