Leaf Curl Epidemic Risk in Chilli as a Consequence of Vector Migration Rate and Contact Rate Dynamics: A Critical Guide to Management.

Chilli is an important commercial crop grown in tropical and subtropical climates. The whitefly-transmitted chilli leaf curl virus (ChiLCV) is a serious threat to chilli cultivation. Vector migration rate and host-vector contact rate, the major drivers involved in the epidemic process, have been pinpointed to link management.

Transovarial Transmission of Dolichos Yellow Mosaic Virus by Its Vector, Asia II 1.

The cultivation of dolichos bean [ (L.) Sweet] has been severely affected by dolichos yellow mosaic virus (DoYMV, ) transmitted by whitefly, (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). We tested the transovarial transmission of DoYMV in next-generation by PCR, real-time PCR, Southern blot hybridization, and biological transmission.

How many begomovirus copies are acquired and inoculated by its vector, whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) during feeding?

Begomoviruses are transmitted by whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius, Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in a persistent-circulative way. Once B. tabaci becomes viruliferous, it remains so throughout its life span.

Simulation of leaf curl disease dynamics in chili for strategic management options.

Leaf curl, a whitefly-borne begomovirus disease, is the cause of frequent epidemic in chili. In the present study, transmission parameters involved in tripartite interaction are estimated to simulate disease dynamics in a population dynamics model framework. Epidemic is characterized by a rapid conversion rate of healthy host population into infectious type.

Silver-embedded modified hyperbranched epoxy/clay nanocomposites as antibacterial materials.

Silver-embedded modified hyperbranched epoxy/clay nanocomposites were prepared at different wt.% of octadecyl amine-modified montmorillonite at a constant silver concentration (1 wt.%).