Acylsucrose-producing tomato plants forces Bemisia tabaci to shift its preferred settling and feeding site.

BACKGROUND: The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) causes dramatic damage to plants by transmitting yield-limiting virus diseases. Previous studies proved that the tomato breeding line ABL 14-8 was resistant to B. tabaci, the vector of tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD). This resistance is based o...

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Main Authors: Maria Jose Rodríguez-López, Elisa Garzo, Jean Patrick Bonani, Rafael Fernández-Muñoz, Enrique Moriones, Alberto Fereres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3302866?pdf=render