Epidemiology is the science of how disease develops in populations, with applications in
human, animal and plant diseases. For plant diseases, epidemiology has developed as a …

Viruses cause a big fraction of economically important diseases in major crops, including
tomato. In the past decade (2011–2020), many emerging or re-emerging tomato-infecting …

Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is one of the most well-known tomato-infecting
begomoviruses and transmitted by Bemisia tabaci. Seed transmission has previously been …

The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, is a major threat to tomato Solanum lycopersicum and ranks as
one of the world's 100 most invasive pests. This is the first study of B. tabaci (Biotype B and …

Many of the world's most important food crops are grown in the tropics and major crops like
rice, maize, wheat, sorghum, barley, tomato, chillies, okra, peas, peanut, sunflower …

This review summarizes research on virus diseases of cereals and oilseeds in Australia
since the 1950s. All viruses known to infect the diverse range of cereal and oilseed crops …

Global production of tomato has been hampered by the increased incidences of tomato viral
disease. The high genetic heterogeneity of tomato plant viruses, because of their high …

Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) is transmitted mechanically in cucurbits, but
whether it is transmitted via pollen to healthy plants and onto the subsequent generation of …

Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) originated in South America and was brought to Europe
by the Spaniards in the sixteenth century following their colonization of Mexico. From …

Kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) was introduced to New Zealand more than one hundred years
ago and the New Zealand-raised cv. Hayward is now the dominant cultivar grown …