Aphid and Turnip yellows virus News

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

• 16-20/07/2015, ~65 individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), 84% of those tested were carrying TuYV.
• 20-23/07/2015, ~20 individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), 38% of those tested were carrying TuYV.
• 14-17/07/2015, From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 3 M. persicae were identified, 2 of these were carrying TuYV.

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

• 16-20/07/2015, 5 individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), 80% of these were carrying TuYV.
• 20-23/07/2015, 5 individuals of M. persicae were caught (12 yellow water traps), 20% of these were carrying TuYV.
• 13-19/07/2015, From the Rothamsted Insect Survey suction trap catch, 7 M. persicae were identified, 2 of these were carrying TuYV.

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 : 28 Jul 2015 16:16 |  Tags: Aphid Tuyv |  Comments (0) |  Report a problem