Evaluation of damage caused by Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) in plants of two tomato cultivars

• Grant number: 22/04155-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: July 01, 2022
• End date: June 30, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Camila Geovana Ferro
• Grantee: Rafael Carlos Martins Filho
• Host Institution: Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Piracicaba , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/18274-3 - Begomovirus and crinivirus in solanasceous: regional molecular epidemiology and sustainable integrated management alternatives, AP.TEM

Abstract

Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) is one of the predominant pathogens in tomato-growing areas in Brazil. ToCV is transmitted in a semi-persistent manner by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. There is little information on the quantitative and/or qualitative damage caused by this virus in tomato crops. Therefore, the aims of this work are to evaluate the tomato fruits productivity and quality of cultivars Compack (table) and Caeté (industry), in plants infected with ToCV at different phenological stages. (AU)