Assertion: flower thrip | /r/CapableOf | spot wilt virus
Facets:
value: from uncultivated plant species
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: The western flower thrips is the most efficient vector of Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV).
text: Western flower thrips (Frankliniella occidentalis) are tiny insect pests that cause a serious damage to many plant species by directly feeding on their leaves and flowers and by transmitting disease causing viruses such as impatiens necrotic spot virus and tomato spotted wilt virus.
text: The western flower thrips is the most efficient vector of tomato spotted wilt virus.
text: The lack of epidemics of tomato spotted wilt disease in central and south Florida suggests that the Florida flower thrips is not an efficient vector capable of acquiring tomato spotted wilt virus from uncultivated plant species.
text: In north Florida, adult western flower thrips is the key vector of tomato spotted wilt virus; however, therapeutic control of the adults in the flowers with insecticides does not prevent virus transmission to the plant (Reitz et al. 2003).