Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Disease: Management, Molecular Biology, Breeding for Resistance

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Appearance and Expansion of TYLCV: a Historical Point of View....Pages 3-12
An insular environment before and after TYLCV introduction....Pages 13-23
The Bemisia Tabaci Complex: Genetic and Phenotypic Variation and Relevance to TYLCV-Vector Interactions....Pages 25-56
Survival of Whiteflies during Long-Distance Transportation of Agricultural Products and Plants....Pages 57-63
The Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus Genome and Function of its Proteins....Pages 67-84
Molecular Biodiversity, Taxonomy, and Nomenclature of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl-like Viruses....Pages 85-118
Recombination in the TYLCV Complex: a Mechanism to Increase Genetic Diversity. Implications for Plant Resistance Development....Pages 119-138
Replication of Geminiviruses and the use of Rolling Circle Amplification for their Diagnosis....Pages 141-156
Interactions of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus with its Whitefly Vector....Pages 157-170
Localization of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus in its Whitefly Vector Bemisia Tabaci ....Pages 171-183
Movement and localization of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Viruses in the Infected Plant....Pages 185-206
Identification of Plant Genes Involved in TYLCV Replication....Pages 207-221
Biotic and Abiotic Stress Responses in Tomato Breeding Lines Resistant and Susceptible to Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus....Pages 223-237
Detection methods for TYLCV and TYLCSV....Pages 241-249
Management of Tomato yellow leaf curl virus: US and Israel Perspectives....Pages 251-262
The management of Tomato yellow Leaf Curl Virus in Greenhouses and the Open Field, a Strategy of Manipulation....Pages 263-278
Introduction of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus into the Dominican Republic: the Development of a Successful Integrated Pest Management Strategy....Pages 279-303
Resistance to Insecticides in the TYLCV vector, Bemisia Tabaci ....Pages 305-325
Screening for TYLCV-Resistance Plants using Whitefly-Mediated Inoculation....Pages 329-342
Sources of Resistance, Inheritance, and Location of Genetic Loci Conferring Resistance to Members of the Tomato-Infecting Begomoviruses....Pages 343-362
Exploitation of resistance genes found in wild tomato species to produce resistant cultivars; Pile up of Resistant Genes....Pages 363-372
Transgenic approaches for the Control of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus....Pages 373-390
Gene silencing of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus....Pages 391-405
International Networks to deal with Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Disease: the Middle East Regional Cooperation Program....Pages 409-415
AVRDC's International Networks to deal with the Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Disease: the needs of Developing Countries....Pages 417-439
Back Matter....Pages 441-447