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Agriculture · Q80

Plant Pathology

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 80

Q80

Leaf curl of tomato is spread by

A.
Jassids
B.
White fly
Answer
C.
Aphids
D.
Virus

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
The leaf curl of the tomato is spread by Whiteflies.
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is the name given to a complex of geminiviruses infecting tomato cultures worldwide. TYLCV is transmitted by a single insect species, the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.
Over a long distance, the virus is primarily spread through the movement of infected plants, especially tomato transplants.