Interactions between thrips and Panotea spp. and their influence on onion center rot epidemics in Georgia's farmscapes

Wednesday, November 19, 2014: 1:40 PM
E141-142 (Oregon Convention Center)
Rajagopalbabu Srinivasan , Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Bhabesh Dutta , Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Apurba Barman , Department of Entomology, Texas A&M University, Lubbock, TX
F. Avci , Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
Diane Ullman , Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA
David Langston , Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Ron Gitaitis , Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Tifton, GA
Data and discussion will be presented on thrips as vectors of viruses in vegetables in the SE U.S., including their ecology, epidemiology, and vector-virus-host interactions.