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June 14, 2016

Brassica aphids and virus News

The proportion of peach potato aphid (M. persicae) carrying Turnip yellows virus (TuYV)

Date	Type of trap	Numbers of M. persicae caught	% of those tested carrying TuYV
Wellesbourne, Warwickshire
30-05/06/2016	Suction trap	119	43%
02-06/06/2016	Yellow water traps	1486	77%
06-09/06/2016	Yellow water traps	>8000	77%
Kirton, Lincolnshire
30-05/06/2016	Suction trap	2	50%
Leverton, Lincolnshire
02-06/06/2016	Yellow water traps	1	100%
06-09/06/2016	Yellow water traps	13	77%

Turnip yellows virus (TuYV), formerly known as Beet western yellows virus, is a very important pathogen of vegetable brassicas and oilseed rape. It is spread by the peach potato aphid (Myzus persicae).

This data is collected with funding from the BBSRC Horticulture And Potato Initiative (HAPI).

Diana Katschnig and Angela Hambidge, Plant-Virus Interactions Group, University of Warwick

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