A thrips transmitted virus with a very wide host range that causes bronzing, ringspots and stunting in tomato, pepper, peanut, lettuce and numerous ornamental crops worldwide. It was one of the first plant viruses shown to be transmitted exclusively by thrips, and it remains one of the ten most economically damaging plant viruses globally.
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Tomato, Crops Tomato spotted wilt virus is a major thrips-transmitted disease of tomato worldwide.
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Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is a spherical negative-sense RNA virus. Transmitted by thrips, it causes serious losses in economically important crops and it is one of the most economically devastating plant viruses in the world.
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A thrips transmitted virus with a very wide host range that causes bronzing, ringspots and stunting in tomato, pepper, peanut, lettuce and numerous ornamental crops worldwide.
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