Role of whitefly in plant virus transmission by p.manikandan
1.
2. ROLE OF WHITEFLY IN PLANT
VIRUS TRANSMISSION
PRESENTED BY
P.MANIKANDAN
M.Sc(Agri)Entomology
Chaiman: Dr.R.Kannan
Assistant Professor in Entomology
Annamalai university
3. Index
1.Taxonomy
2. Importance
3. Mechanism of transmission
4. Plant damage
5. Viruses transmitted
4. Taxonomy
• Kingdom:Animalia Phylum:Arthropoda
• Class:Insecta Order:Hemiptera
• Suborder:Sternorrhyncha
• Superfamily:Aleyrodoidea Family: Aleyrodidae
• Species: 1550 sp. worldwide, 3 are important
-114 viruses are transmitted by these 3 spp.
• Bemisia tabaci -111 viruses
• Trialeurodes vaporariorum -3 viruses
• Trialeurodes abutilonea -3 viruses
8. 8
Direct
damage
Type of
damage
Indirect
damage
Virus
transmission
9. Mechanism of transmission
9
Contaminated
diet transmission.
Diet contaminated
by the saliva of
viruliferous insects.
Sexual
transmission
Male to female or
vice versa during
copulation.
46. Reference
• George N.agrios(2006)academic press,plant
pathology p.p: 774-809
• Roger hull (2004) academic press,
Mathews’Plant Virology p.p: 27-44
• http:/Whitefly,Wikipedia,the free
encyclopedia.html
• Diseases of vegetable crops in Australia (eds
Persley, Cooke & House 2010), available from
CSIRO Publishing at www.publish.csiro.au
Hinweis der Redaktion
Whiteflies and whitefly-transmitted viruses are some of the major constraints on European tomato production. Tomato crops are particularly susceptible to viruses causing Tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD).