Chlorotic streak of Capsicum annuum: new disorder induced by Bemisia tabaci biotype B
In summer 1994 in California (US), chlorotic streaking on fruit harvested from Capsicum annuum plants heavily infested with nymphs of Bemisia tabaci biotype B (also referred to as B. argentifolii, EPPO A2 quarantine pest) were observed. It has previously been reported that feeding by Bemisia tabaci biotype B causes toxicogenic disorders such as irregular ripening of tomato, stem blanching of Brassica spp. and silverleaf of squash. The authors have demonstrated that nymphs of B. tabaci biotype B were responsible for that disorder, but the number of whitefly nymphs per unit area or the length of feeding time necessary to induce this disorder have not yet been determined.
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Summers, C.G.; Estrada, D. (1996) Chlorotic streak of bell pepper: a new toxicogenic disorder induced by feeding of the silverleaf whitefly, Bemisia argentifolii.
Plant Disease, 80(7), p 822.