Epidemiological studies of the tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) in the Jordan Valley, Israel

@article{Cohen2008EpidemiologicalSO,
  title={Epidemiological studies of the tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) in the Jordan Valley, Israel},
  author={Shenhav Cohen and Jamie Kern and Itzhak Harpaz and Rachel Ben-Joseph},
  journal={Phytoparasitica},
  year={2008},
  volume={16},
  pages={259-270}
}

• Shenhav Cohen, Jamie Kern, +1 author Rachel Ben-Joseph
• Published 2008 in Phytoparasitica
• DOI:10.1007/BF02979527

The spread of tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is significantly correlated with the population size of its vector,Bemisia tabaci Genn. The perennial weedCynanchum acutum L. and the annual weedMalva parviflora L. were found to be natural hosts of TYLCV in the Jordan Valley.C. acutum is not a preferred host forB. tabaci, but the whitefly feeds on it sufficiently long to acquire the virus. Whiteflies marked with fluorescent dust while feeding naturally onC. acutum along the banks of the… CONTINUE READING

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