Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and other closely related tospoviruses are serious threats to many agricultural, ornamental, and greenhouse crops. TSWV was first recorded in the southeastern United States during the middle to late 1980s (10,12,16,19,23), with the first collections of the western flower thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande), following shortly thereafter. In North Caroli...
