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Thrips tabaci as a Vector of Plant Virus Disease
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Thrips tabaci as a Vector of Plant Virus Disease

  • GEOFFREY SAMUEL1 &
  • J. G. BALD2 

Nature volume 128, page 494 (1931)Cite this article

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IN NATURE of June 6, Dr. Kenneth Smith reports finding Thrips tabaci Lind. to be a vector of tomato spotted wilt in England. Since recent Australian work on the transmission of this disease has not yet been published, the following particulars may also be of interest:

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  1. Jour. Counc. Sci. and Ind. Res. Aust., 1, 74; 1927.

  2. Counc. Sci. and Ind. Res. Aust. Bull., 44; 1930.

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  1. Waite Agricultural Research Institute, University of Adelaide,

    GEOFFREY SAMUEL

  2. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research of Australia,

    J. G. BALD

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SAMUEL, G., BALD, J. Thrips tabaci as a Vector of Plant Virus Disease. Nature 128, 494 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128494a0

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