Abstract
Epidemics of tomato yellow leaf curl disease (TYLCD) caused by tomato yellow leaf curl-like begomoviruses (genus Begomovirus, family Geminiviridae) severely damage open field and protected tomato crops worldwide. Intensive application of insecticides against the whitefly vector Bemisia tabaci is generally used as control strategy to reduce TYLCD impact. This practice, however, is frequently ineffective and has a negative impact on the environment and human health. TYLCD-resistant varieties are commercially available, but cultivation of susceptible traditional tasting ones is also requested if possible. For susceptible tomatoes, here we show that using whitefly optical barriers by means of UV-blocking plastics in protected crops can contribute to reducing TYLCD damage and increasing commercial fruit yield. Moreover, induction of systemic acquired resistance by application of the elicitor of plant defense acibenzolar-S-methyl was effective to reduce yield losses when viral pressure was moderate. Interestingly, combining both practices in protected tomato crops can result in a significant TYLCD control. Therefore, these control practices are proposed to be used commercially as management alternatives to include in integrated management of TYLCD.
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Claim · model-written summary
UV-blocking plastics reduced TYLCD damage in protected tomato crops.
- Taxon
- Tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- UV-blocking plasticse0
- Interactor
- whiteflye0pest
- Outcome
- TYLCD damagee0
- Direction
- reducinge0
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Verbatim
e0“using whitefly optical barriers by means of UV-blocking plastics in protected crops can contribute to reducing TYLCD damage”
t0“Tomato Crops”
Claim · model-written summary
UV-blocking plastics increased commercial tomato fruit yield.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- UV-blocking plasticse0
- Interactor
- whiteflye0pest
- Outcome
- commercial fruit yielde0
- Direction
- increasinge0
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Verbatim
e0“using whitefly optical barriers by means of UV-blocking plastics in protected crops can contribute to reducing TYLCD damage and increasing commercial fruit yield”
t0“Tomato Crops”
Claim · model-written summary
Acibenzolar-S-methyl reduced yield losses under moderate viral pressure.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- acibenzolar-S-methyle0
- Outcome
- yield lossese0
- Direction
- reducee0
- Qualifier
- viral pressure was moderatee0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“application of the elicitor of plant defense acibenzolar-S-methyl was effective to reduce yield losses when viral pressure was moderate”
t0“Tomato Crops”
Claim · model-written summary
Combined barriers and resistance induction significantly controlled TYLCD.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- combining both practicese0
- Outcome
- TYLCD controle0
Not reportedComparatorDirection
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Verbatim
e0“combining both practices in protected tomato crops can result in a significant TYLCD control”
Claim · model-written summary
Authors proposed commercial use of the two control practices in integrated TYLCD management.
- Taxon
- TomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Outcome
- used commercially as management alternatives to include in integrated management of TYLCDe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“these control practices are proposed to be used commercially as management alternatives to include in integrated management of TYLCD”
t0“Tomato Crops”
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