Agricultural Pathology Essentials: Rahul’s Quick Guide for Master’s Prep
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Vectors and their disease transmission

  1. Aphid: Mosaic, tristeza, beet yellow, potato virus
  2. Leaf hopper: Beet curly top, rice tungro virus, rice dwarf, potato yellow dwarf, maize chlorotic dwarf
  3. White fly: Okra yellow vein mosaic, leaf curl in okra, chilly/cotton/papaya leaf curl, mungbean yellow mosaic
  4. Thrips: tomato spotted wilt virus
  5. Beetle: Cowpea/ squash/ bome mosaic

Note: Synchytrium endobioticum fungi acts as vector for potato virus x.

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