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Everything Else => Tropical Vegetables and Other Edibles => Topic started by: Julie on February 13, 2021, 09:23:57 PM

Title: TYLCV question
Post by: Julie on February 13, 2021, 09:23:57 PM

All of my tomato plants are infected with TYLCV (tomato yellow leaf curl virus). However they are still producing delicious tomatoes on the growth from before they were infected, so I haven’t removed them yet. My question is, I’ve read that TYLCV can also infect eggplants and peppers, which I have nearby. Should I remove the tomatoes right away to avoid infecting my peppers and eggplants or does TYLCV rarely infect eggplants and peppers?

Title: Re: TYLCV question
Post by: Galatians522 on February 13, 2021, 10:59:35 PM

Have you checked to see if the varieties of eggplant and pepper that you are growing are resistant to the virus? I believe that the virus is transmitted by sap sucking insects, and would have assumed that the other solanums would have already been infected unless they were only recently planted.

Title: Re: TYLCV question
Post by: Julie on February 14, 2021, 10:38:00 AM

No they are not resistant. However the peppers and eggplant don’t have any symptoms.