Monday, December 10, 2007
D0201

Attempted eradication of tomato yellow leaf curl, a new whitefly transmitted viral disease in California

Eric T. Natwick, etnatwick@ucdavis.edu, University of California Cooperative Extension, 1050 E. Holton Rd, Holtville, CA, William M. Wintermantel, wwintermantel@pw.ars.usda.gov, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, 1636 East Alisal Street, Salinas, CA, Jolene Dessert, jolenedessert@imperialcounty.net, Imperial County, Agricultural Commissioner, 852 Broadway Street, El Centro, CA, Kathleen L. Kosta, KKosta@cdfa.ca.gov, California Department of Food and Agriculture, 1220 N Street, Sacramento, CA, and Robert L. Gilbertson, rlgilbertson@ucdavis.edu, University of California Davis, Plant Pathology, One Shields Avenue, 354 Hutchison Hall, Davis, CA.



Species 1: Hemiptera Aleyrodidae Bemisia tabaci biotype B (sweetpotato whitefly, silverleaf whitefly)
Species 2: Vira Geminiviridae Begomovirus (Tomato yellow leaf curl virus)