Rediscovery of tospovirus vector Dictyothrips betae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Slovakia after 72 years - Short Communication

Michaela Mešková; Martina Zvaríková; Rudolf Masarovič; Jozef Balcerčík; Peter Fedor

doi:10.17221/106/2024-PPS

Plant Protection Science (Oct 2024)

Rediscovery of tospovirus vector Dictyothrips betae (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Slovakia after 72 years - Short Communication

Michaela Mešková,
Martina Zvaríková,
Rudolf Masarovič,
Jozef Balcerčík,
Peter Fedor

Affiliations

Michaela Mešková: Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Martina Zvaríková: Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Rudolf Masarovič: Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Jozef Balcerčík: Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Peter Fedor: Department of Environmental Ecology and Landscape Management, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17221/106/2024-PPS
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 60, no. 4
pp. 407 – 410

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The new record of Dictyothrips betae Uzel, 1895 (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) after 72 years in Slovakia is presented. Dictyothrips betae is an important pest and one of the few thrips species known as vectors of dangerous plant tospoviruses, causing severe yield losses to economically important crops worldwide. D. betae was swept from an herbal layer in blown dunes in SW Slovakia.

Published in Plant Protection Science

ISSN: 1212-2580 (Print); 1805-9341 (Online)
Publisher: Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Country of publisher: Czechia
LCC subjects: Agriculture: Plant culture
Website: https://pps.agriculturejournals.cz/

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