Tomato yellow leaf curl virus
Family : Geminiviridae
Genus : Begomovirus
Acronym : TYLCV
Introduction
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is a plant pathogenic virus belonging to the genus Begomovirus. Tomato leaf curl virus is one of the strains.
Major Diseases
Yellow leaf curl disease
Geographical Distribution
Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal.
Particle Morphology
Geminate particle of approximately 20 x 30 nm in size.
Transmission Method
Transmitted by a vector; an insect; Bemisia tabaci; Aleyrodidae in a persistent manner; transmitted by mechanical inoculation (poorly).
Detection
ELISA and PCR
Host Range and Symptomatology
| Host | Symptoms |
| Chillies, cowpeas | Chlorotic puckered leaves; decreased fruit yield. |
| Fababean, watermelon | Leaf curl, leaf puckering, leaf deformation and stunting of plants. |
| Tobacco, Tomatoes | Chlorotic puckered leaves; leaf curling and decreased fruit yield. |
| Momordica charantia | Leaf puckering, curling and deformation. |
References
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| 3 | Kaushik Chakraborty, Incidence and abundance of whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, Gen. and the occurrence of tomato yellow leaf curl virus disease (TYLCV) in relation to the climatic conditions of Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India.. 2012, Journal of Entomological Research, 36, 1, pp 35-40. |
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| 8 | Rana, V. S. ; Singh, S. T. ; Priya, N. G. ; Jitendra Kumar ; Raman Rajagopal, Arsenophonus GroEL interacts with CLCuV and is localized in midgut and salivary gland of whitefly B. tabaci.. 2012, PLoS ONE, 7, 8, pp e42168. |
| 9 | Rashmi Patel ; Khare, C. P., Study on effect of management methods on tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCV).. 2013, Advance Research Journal of Crop Improvement, 4, 1, pp 44-46. |
| 10 | Reddy, M. S. ; Kanakala, S. ; Srinivas, K. P. ; Hema, M. ; Malathi, V. G. ; Sreenivasulu, P., Complete genome sequence of a new Begomovirus associated with yellow mosaic disease of Hemidesmus indicus in India.. 2014, Archives of Virology, 159, 5, pp 1223-1228. |