The majority of plant-infecting viruses are transmitted to their host plants by vectors. The
interactions between viruses and vector vary in duration and specificity but some common …

The complex and specific interplay between thrips, tospoviruses, and their shared plant
hosts leads to outbreaks of crop disease epidemics of economic and social importance. The …

abstract In the past 30 years, western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)(
Thysanoptera: Thripidae), has become one of the most important agricultural pests …

All thrips (order Thysanoptera) that are known to be vectors of plant viruses are identified
and described. Thrips transmit plant viruses in the Tospovirus, Ilarvirus, Carmovirus …

Western flower thrips, Franklinella occidentalis (Pergande) is considered the most
destructive insect pest of greenhouse-grown crops due to direct feeding damage to plant …

Negative-strand (-) RNA viruses (NSVs) comprise a large and diverse group of viruses that
are generally divided in those with non-segmented and those with segmented genomes …

Plants have developed diverse defence mechanisms to ward off herbivorous pests.
However, agriculture still faces estimated crop yield losses ranging from 25% to 40 …

Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is the type member of the genus Orthotospovirus in the
family Tospoviridae and order Bunyavirales. TSWV, transmitted by several species of thrips …

Rice grassy stunt virus (RGSV), a tenuivirus, is transmitted by the brown planthopper (BPH),
Nilaparvata lugens (Hemiptera, Delphacidae), in a persistent-propagative manner. In this …

Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) replicates in both its plant hosts and its thrips vectors.
Replication of TSWV within thrips suggests the potential for pathological effects that could …