Aphid and Turnip yellow virus News

Brassica virus and peach potato aphid update from Wellesbourne, Warwickshire:

• 11-15/06/2015, high numbers of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), 91% of those tested were carrying TuYV.
• 15-18/06/2015, high numbers of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), 80% of those tested were carrying TuYV.
• From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 08-14/06/2015, 51 M. persicae were identified, 67% of those tested were carrying TuYV.

Brassica virus and peach potato aphid update from Kirton, Lincolnshire:

• 11-15/06/2015, 1 M. persicae was caught (12 yellow water traps), but this individual did not carry TuYV.
• 15-18/06/2015, high numbers of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), 68% of those tested were carrying TuYV.
• From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 08-14/06/2015, 0 M. persicae were identified.

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).

Press release on the new round of HAPI projects involving the University of Warwick

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

Diana Katschnig : 23 Jun 2015 14:11 |  Tags: Aphid Tuyv |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem