June 01, 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

16-22/05/2016

Suction trap

8

86%

19-23/05/2016

Yellow water traps

183

59%

23-26/05/2016

Yellow water traps

98

53%

Kirton, Lincolnshire

16-22/05/2016

Suction trap

16

36%

Leverton, Lincolnshire

19-23/05/2016

Yellow water traps

87

74%

23-26/05/2016

Tellow water traps

0

0%

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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