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May 25, 2016

Aphid and Turnip yellows virus News

Brassica virus and peach potato aphid update

Date	Type of trap	Numbers of M. persicae caught	% of those tested carrying TuYV
Wellesbourne, Warwickshire
09-15/05/2016	Suction trap	4	75%
12-16/05/2016	Yellow water traps	203	44%
16-19/05/2016	Yellow water traps	52	57%
Kirton, Lincolnshire
09-15/05/2016	Suction trap	1	100%
16-19/05/2016	Yellow water traps	6	25%

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.

Angela Hambidge : 25 May 2016 14:58 | Tags: Aphid Tuyv | Comments (0) | Close comments | Report a problem

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