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The article reports on research being conducted by Auburn University researchers and partners as of November 2020 on the cotton leaf roll dwarf virus (CLRDV) to eliminate it and help farmers minimize their risks. Topics include the participation of groups like the Alabama Farmers Federation and schools like University of Georgia in the research, and the grants awarded to Auburn University to find ways to eliminate CLRDV.

The article outlines some tips on how to plant cereals without the use of neonic seed treatments. It mentions the threat of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) to cereals and notes that the range of seed treatments is no longer available for autumn-sown cereal crops. According to regional technical adviser Will Foss that all cereals and grasses are affected by BYDV with the biggest impact on barley, followed by oats and wheat.

The articles presents a comparison between Zika virus and plant infecting viruses. Particular focus is given to the similarities in Zika and plant viruses which includes the difficulties in their identifications, classification according to their specific families, and their key vectors. Measures to prevent virus infections are also provided.

The article discusses the pallidosis disease in strawberries caused by viruses transmitted by whiteflies, aphids, thrips, pollen,seeds, nematodes, and other sources. It mentions that symptoms of the disease include stunted growth, purple or red coloration of leaves, and brittle roots. It suggests growers to use disease-free transplants, manage aphid, thrips, and whitefly, and avoid planting near infected fields to reduce the incidence of pallidosis disease.

The article reports on the research conducted by the North Carolina State University on tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) and its effect on tomato production. It notes that the research aims to predict the potential and severity of TSWV and examines the resistant tomato varieties. It also notes the methods for managing the virus including the use of plastic mulch and heat stripe.

The article presents information on plant viruses that appeared in Michigan, namely the blueberry scorch and blueberry shock. The viruses were discovered in three farm areas with similar symptoms such as blighted flowers. The shock virus was spread through pollen transmission by bees to healthy plants while the scorch is transmitted by aphids. Growers are advised to be vigilant when buying plants from the Pacific Northwest and making sure that the plant materials is virus tested.

The article offers information on the cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) and how it is transmitted in snap beans. CMV is said to continue to be the most prevalent virus to infect snap bean fields especially in fields where epidemics are severe. Over the last seven years, losses from virus epidemic in processing snap bean fields in the Midwest and Northeast exceeded $16 million. Answers to questions such as how does one know if a crop is infected with CMV, where aphids acquire CMV and what aphid species spread CMV into snap bean fields are given.

The article focuses on a research conducted by University of California Cooperative Extension's farm advisor, Joe Nunez, on alternatives to control cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) that brings problems to pepper growers. Nunez found out how CMV is transmitted by certain species of aphids such as cotton and green peach aphids. Information on the methods tried by Nunez to repel aphids is provided.

The article focuses on the research conducted by the University of Florida concerning on the development of tobacco mosaic virus to be an alliance in fighting crop pests and mosquitoes. Researcher shows some alteration on the virus to transform into an amicable insecticide. They discover that the tobacco plant extract is usable for killing mosquitoes. Lastly, tobacco mosaic virus recognizes by the scientists as the first virus uses in genetic research.

The article provides information on barley yellow dwarf virus. It is said that the virus is transmitted by aphids infecting all cereal crops. It is also stated that plants that are infested by the virus at the seedling stage may die. The best way to prevent infection is to use a herbicide to kill the previous crop residues before planting new crop.

Presents information on bacterial spot which has become a worldwide menace to stone fruit and other fruit crops. Symptoms of the plant disease which include lesions on the fruit; Conditions for infection; Susceptibility of trees planted in soils having light sand and sandy-loam textures to the pathogen.

The article reports on the tomato spotted wilt virus that hit the peanut growers in Georgia. According to peanut growers, the virus has affected and yielded great loss in the crops than it had affected the industry before. The impact of the destruction of the virus was so severe that it affected even the growers following the University of Georgia Peanut Disease Risk Index.

The article focuses on a reduction in the tobacco yield of the U.S. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the yield of tobacco has dipped by 27 percent between 2004 and 2005. Flue-cured production was approximated at 384.4 million pounds which is 25.8 percent less than in 2004 and the yield of burley was estimated to be 192.2 million pounds which is 34.1 percent less than in 2004. The most responsible factor for this low yield could be attributed to tomato spotted wilt virus as it has caused a great damage to the tobacco yield.

The article discusses new peanut varieties. According to plant pathologist Austin Hagan, long standing peanut production is the reason for the high incidence of tomato spotted wilt virus in the southeastern part of the Peanut Belt. It has dominated the Southeast peanut variety realm for the past two years, known primarily for its resistance to the dreaded tomato spotted wilt virus. But now, the same trait that made Georgia Green famous may threaten its reign. Hagan says the number of virus-carrying thrips in those areas has overwhelmed the previous resistance of Georgia Green to the virus.

Provides information on a virus threatening the Vidalia onion crops in Georgia, which was discovered in September 2003. Effect of the virus on onion plants; Insect source and transmission of the virus; Relation of the virus to the tomato spotted wilt virus that affected Texas in the late 1980s; Recommendation of scientists for destroying the virus.

The article discusses Prime Agriculture agronomist Marion Self's warning of the threat from barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV). She claims that the BYDV can be transmitted by the bird cherry aphid and suggests a final insecticide for crops that did not receive a Deter seed treatment. The onset of propyzamide and carbetamide has been delayed by mild conditions in late October 2013.

The article presents statements from Brian Ross of Suffolk and Stephen Harrison of Avon, England about farming in their region. According to Ross, the threat of turnip yellows virus is low in their area, as the peach potato aphid numbers are low. Harrison stated that crops in his area have established well.

A preview is offered for Certis USA's Madex HP, a granulosis virus approved for use in North America to help tree fruit and nut crop farmers to control the larvae of the codling moth and Oriental fruit moth.

The article discusses pepper mild mottle virus (PMMoV), introduced with the pepper seed that enters through very tiny wounds of the plant and is spread through plant-to-plant contact and the handling of plants with the use of contaminated implements.

The article reports that the results of the trials conducted by Scottish Agronomy suggest that mineral oils have been effective in controlling non-persistent potato viruses.

The article features the identification of tomato spotted wilt virus by University of Georgia campus laboratory, which damages several plants in Georgia.

The article reports on the emergence of a new crop virus, called groundnut ringspot virus (GRSV), which affects peanuts and tomatoes in Florida. Research plant pathologist Scott Adkins from the Agriculture Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), discusses some evidences showing the similarity between GRSV and tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). Information on how the virus manifests and being transmitted is discussed. Adkins also admits that the research agency is hoping to adopt the same management strategy for TSWV to GRSW.

A list of the top 5 online stories on GrowingProduce.com is presented which includes one on a virus infecting tart cherries in Michigan, another on Spotted-Wing Drosophila that has been found in Washington and finally, on the new Web site Everything About Peaches.

The article offers advice on dealing with stone fruit viruses at orchards. Among the cited issues to consider about viruses are the changes in growing conditions and the absence of treatment for them. Suggested ways to eliminate stone fruit viruses are to start new orchards in an isolated area, to use virus-tested planting stock and to contact those who are knowledgeable about fruit viruses and have them inspect the trees in question.

The article focuses on an uncommon tomato virus that is spreading across some tomato fields in Northern California in July 2008. Farm advisor Gene Miyao of the University of California Cooperative Extension mistook the virus for tobacco streak virus and tomato spotted wilt but samples proved negative for such common viruses. Meanwhile, tomato growers who have been hit by the virus reported that up to 20% of the plants in certain fields are affected by the virus.

The article relates stories on the Internet related to the food industry in 2008. These include an isotope test developed by a scientist from New Zealand for organic foods, another on a movement in Alabama and Tennessee that promotes the consumption of locally produced crops and the appearance of an unidentified virus in tomato processing fields in Northern California.

The article offers information on a variety of disease resistant plant from D. Palmer Seed Co. Hybrid melons that are tolerant to cucumber mosaic virus and powdery mildew race 1 are Double Dew and Morning Dew. The Obsidian hybrid zucchini squash has tolerance to various plant diseases such as squash leaf curl virus and powdery mildew race 2.

The article reports strategies for the production of plant-derived vaccines developed by Charles Arntzen and Hugh Mason at Arizona State University. The edible vaccines contributed to the production of antigenic proteins from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli, Norwalk virus and hepatitis B virus. The strategies include direct transformation of plants, utilization of plant viruses and generation of mucosally-targeted fusion proteins. The advantages of plant-derived vaccines are discussed.

The article offers information on the Triticum Mosaic Virus discovered by the Kansas State University researchers and known to cause wheat diseases in Kansas. The virus is considered one of three viruses affecting wheat in approximately the same manner as the other two, being Wheat Streak Mosaic Virus and High Plains Virus. All of these virus diseases are vectored, with varying degrees of efficiency, by the wheat curl mite.

The article discusses Iris Yellow Spot Virus and presents advice on how to control it in onions. The virus has reached several U.S. states after having first been observed in Idaho in 1989. Control strategies include maintaining low onion thrips populations, providing appropriate irrigation and fertilization, and proper weed management.

The article suggests that fruit growers must familiarize themselves with herbicide injury because it is difficult to identify. There are cases that fruit growers might think that it is a herbicide injury but it is caused by weather or too much irrigation. A commonly confused problem with herbicide injury is a virus.

The article presents information on several varieties of winter barley included in the Recommended List for 2007/2008 in Great Britain. Some of the varieties are resistant to soil-borne barley mosaic and barley yellow mosaic viruses. The Cassata from Nickerson-Advanta is the combination of lodging and virus resistance. The Accrue from Saaten Union is resistant to diseases such as mildew, yellow rust and rhynchosporium. The Bronx from New Farm Crops is a hybrid six-row.

The article reports that an expansion of e-mail alerts, better presentation of current and historical data, and the use of text messaging were all suggested as potential improvements for the British Potato Council-funded aphid monitoring service. The scheme provides a virus risk assessment by estimating aphid pressure from insect catches in water traps. The results are posted on the aphmon.csl.gov.uk web site after aphid identification by the Central Science Laboratory.

The article offers tips for cucurbit growers on dealing with viruses. Such viruses include the cucumber mosaic, curly top, and papaya ringspot which were named after the plants being affected and the type of symptoms they cause. Using resistant varieties and reducing weeds are among the practices of controlling such viruses.

The article focuses on the farm of North Carolina grower Wyatt Whitford, Whitford Farms LLC. The new virus called tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is a new issue in the tobacco farms. Whitford might face problems with his tobacco plantation this year owing to warm winter and dry weather, which are bad signs for TSWV. Whitford Farms follow crop rotation religiously. It grows soybeans, cotton, tobacco and corn.

Offers tips to control diseases of peppers. Causes of Phytophthora root and crown rot; Effect of verticillium wilt on the plant; Symptoms of viruses.

The article reports on the weeds test that could help growers to fight spraing and help the reduction of nematicide use according to Finlay Dale of Scottish Crop Research Institute. The advantages of weeds in testing are provided. The test and glasshouse bait test are compared. A management strategy can be planned by a grower after detecting the virus and mapping it within the farm.

The article describes the author's experiences in tending a farm in Cornwall, England. Despite the autumn swells in 2005 he has managed to get some tractor work done. He wanted to spray four hectares of the winter barley with an aphicide for barley yellow dwarf virus. He decided to provide Secure (imidacloprid) dressing to the rest of his farm's winter cereals.

Reports on the possible threat posed by the Beet chlorosis virus to agricultural crops in Great Britain. Results of the tests conducted by virologist Mark Stevens to determine if plants are affected by the virus; Estimated levels of such virus that will affect agricultural crops; Types of agricultural crops affected by the virus.

This article deals with the importance of applying seed treatment against barley yellow dwarf virus in September 2005, according to Allen Scobie of Scottish Agronomy. Applying seed treatment against the plant virus may be worthwhile this season, following problems in spring barley in early 2005. Scobie advises growers planning on using home-saved barley seed to get it tested. By comparison, wheat has a naked seed and can suffer more from problems such as fusarium, even at very low levels of infection.

Focuses on chlorine dioxide gas treatment discovered by a research team led by Rich Linton of the Center for Food Safety Engineering of the Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana for strawberry decontamination. Bacteria and virus that can thrive on strawberry surface; Assessment of the decontamination efficiency of the treatment; Information on the batch and continuous processing methods of the treatment.

Focuses on barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) control products in Great Britain. Effectiveness of Deter as BYDV treatment; Benefit of thiamethoxam from Syngenta for farmers; Information on the slug activity of Deter.

Presents ways of controlling aphids that spread cucumber mosaic virus (CMV)to snap bean fields. Application of insecticides; Use of reflective mulches; Identification of snap bean varieties that have a high tolerance to CMV.

Reports on the discovery of strawberry latent ringspot virus in Californian strawberries, as of March 2005. Effects of the virus on variegated mint; Test done by scientists to discover the virus; Potential carriers for the virus including beetles. INSET: First Reports Of Three Garlic Viruses In WA.

Focuses on the emergence of potato viruses and diseases and its impact on potato production in the U.S. Effects of potato late blight disease; Challenges facing the potato industry in dealing with plant viruses; Information on the Bacterial Ring Task Force which is effective in reducing the spread of bacterial ring rot of potatoes.

This article reports that the biggest change in the 2005 University of Georgia Tomato Spotted Virus Wilt Index for Peanuts is that it will be combined for the first time this year with the university's risk index for fungal diseases of peanuts. The tomato spotted virus risk index, first developed in 1996, combines what is known about individual risk factors into a comprehensive but simple estimate of tomato spotted wilt risk for a given field. It assigns a relative importance to each factor so that an overall level of risk can be estimated.

The article reports that several viruses cause important diseases in sweetpotato, and one of them is Sweet potato leaf curl virus, a geminivirus. To prevent introduction of viral pathogens during the importation of germplasm, sweetpotato materials imported into the U.S. have to be tested by the Plant Germplasm Quarantine Office of the U.S. Department of Agricul-ture-Agricultural Research Service. A new method is sensitive and reliable, and is completed in 2 days instead of 3 months.

Reports on the increased presence of the Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus in autumn cereals according to Keith Walters, a British entomologist, in 2004. Average losses during the September and October harvests; Development of a practical decision support system to combat severe BYDV outbreaks; Treatment.

Presents the results of a study conducted by the University of Cardiff on the role of money spiders in controlling barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) in Wales. Involvement of aphids in the spread of BYDV; Significance of encouraging species sought out by the spiders in the improvement of aphid control; Background on the development of a marker tool by the researchers for studies related to insect control.

Reports on the mosaic virus infection of sugar beet crop fields in Great Britain in 2004. Percentage of yield reduction due to the virus; Transmission of such virus.