Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl virus disease
Common Name
Scientific Name
Issue
Viral
Causes
High tempratures and low rainfall, presence of white flies, infected transplants, weedy fields
Prevention
Cultural practices- practice crop rotation, use of resistant/ tolerant varieties, protect seedbeds with white nylon, plant barrier crops like maize, mulching fields with saw dust, no planting of crops susceptible to white flies near tomatoes, eradicate we
Control
Use of synthetic pesticides and pulling out of diseased seedlings.