Phytochemistry Of Thrips Resistance In Potato And Its Influence On Acquisition And Transmission Of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus

TSWV给澳大利亚土豆产业造成了数百万美元的损失，土豆产业是该国最大和最有价值的蔬菜商品，也是农村社区收入和就业的重要来源。TSWV流行的发展依赖于媒介蓟马的活动，从受感染的植物中获取病毒并将其传播给健康的土豆。推广抗蓟马的马铃薯将极大地帮助控制疾病。该项目将确定抗蓟马在减少TSWV流行方面的效果，并鉴定抗性的化学基础，这可作为马铃薯育种的筛选工具，并可能形成防治马铃薯和其他作物蓟马的合成化学工具的基础。

TSWV causes multi-million dollar losses to the Australian potato industry, which is the countries largest and most valuable vegetable commodity and an important source of income and employment for rural communities. Development of TSWV epidemics relies on the activity of vector thrips acquiring virus from infected plants and transmitting it to healthy potatoes. Deployment of thrips resistant potato would greatly assist disease control. This project will determine the efficacy of thrips resistance in reducing TSWV epidemics and identify the chemical basis of resistance, which could be used as a screening tool for potato breeding, and could form the basis of a synthetic chemical tool for thrips prevention in potato and other crops.