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Prevention by soil mulching of the spread of tomato yellow leaf curl virus transmitted by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

S. Cohen  and
Venezia Melamed-Madjar
S. Cohen
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Organisation,Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6,Bet Dagan,Israel
Venezia Melamed-Madjar
Affiliation:
Agricultural Research Organisation,Volcani Center, P.O. Box 6,Bet Dagan,Israel
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Abstract

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV), which is transmitted by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), is a very destructive disease of tomato i Israel. Soil mulching with yellow polyethylene sheets delayed the spread of the disease for at least 20 days. In laboratory and field experiments, B. tabaci was found to be more attracted to yellow polyethylene than to straw or to aluminum- or blue-coloured polyethylene. A combined treatment of mulching with yellow polyethylene sheets and 1% sprays of azinphos-methyl starting 20 days after germination was the most effective in preventing the spread of TYLCV.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 68 , Issue 3 , September 1978 , pp. 465 - 470
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1978

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