Peanut Cultivar Response to Tomato Spotted Wilt over Five Planting Dates

Epidemiology and management of tomato spotted wilt in peanut.

Tomato spotted wilt caused by thrips-vectored tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is a very serious problem in peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) production. TSWV and the thrips Frankliniella fusca and Frankliniella occidentalis, which vector the virus, present a difficult and complicated challenge from the perspectives of both epidemiology and disease management. Simply controlling the vector typically...

Tomato spotted wilt virus

Tomato spotted wilt virus.

Growers in Georgia first noted problems in their peppers and onions during the last week of March 1989. Thrips populations combined with further field symptoms and the verification of the disease triggered a massive insecticide spray program in Georgia. Monitor was first used in early May followed by combinations of Orthene, Cygon and Thiodan. Most fields had less than 1% infection prompting a ...

Factors Affecting Mechanical Transmission of Tomato spotted wilt virus to Peanut (Arachis hypogaea)

Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is the type member of the genus Tospovirus in the family Bunyaviridae (13). TSWV is a serious plant pathogen affecting several important crop plants throughout the world (15). In the southern United States, peanut or groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is severely affected by TSWV (1,4,10,11,18). Losses due to TSWV in peanut were estimated at several millions of dol...

Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus on Peanuts

I the last decade, tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) has become widely distributed across Alabama on many field, vegetable, and floral crops. About 300 plant species, mainly broadleafs, are hosts of TSWV. In addition to peanut, other important crops grown in the Southeast that are susceptible to this virus include tomato, pepper, potato, cucurbits, lettuce, eggplant, and tobacco. Chrysanthemum, ...