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  1. Tob. Sci., 1995, 39-05, p. 23-29, ISSN. 0082-4523

    Effects of planting date and tobacco germplasm source on the occurrence of spotted wilt virus and on the abundance of thrips and tobacco aphids

    McPHERSON R.M.; STEPHENSON M.G.; JACKSON D.M.; CULBREATH A.K.; BERTRAND P.F.
    Department of Entomology, University of Georgia, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA, USA; USDA/ARS, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA, USA; USDA/ARS, Crops Research Laboratory, Oxford, NC, USA; University of Georgia, Department of Plant Pathology, Coastal Plain Experiment Station and Rural Development Center, Tifton, GA, USA
    Field experiments were conducted in Georgia during 1992 and 1993 to evaluate the impact of planting date and tobacco germplasm source on the abundance of thrips, primarily the tobacco thrips Frankliniella fusca (Hinds), and the tobacco aphid Myzus...
  2. Tob. Sci., 1995, 39-06, p. 30-37, ISSN. 0082-4523

    Impact of transplanting date and insecticide control practices on the incidence of tomato spotted wilt virus and insect pests in flue-cured tobacco

    McPHERSON R.M.; CUTBREATH A.K.; STEPHENSON M.G.; JONES D.C.
    Departments of Entomology and Pathology, University of Georgia, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA, USA; USDA/ARS, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA, USA; Georgia Cooperative Extension Service, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA, USA
    Field studies were conducted in Georgia on flue-cured tobacco, Nicotiana tabacum L., during 1991 and 1992 to evaluate the effects of transplanting date and six insecticide control practices on the abundance of thrips, primarily Frankliniella fusca...
  3. Tob. Sci., 1993, 37-03, p. 9-10, ISSN. 0082-4523, Tob. Reporter, 1993, 120-3, p. 73-4

    Effect of seedling source on incidence of tomato spotted wilt in flue-cured tobacco

    CULBREATH A.K.; BERTRAND P.F.; CSINOS A.S.; McPHERSON R.M.
    Departments of Plant Pathology and Entomology, University of Georgia, Coastal Plain Experiment Station, Tifton, GA, USA; Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, Rural Development Center, Tifton, GA, USA
    Tobacco seedlings from 16 different outdoor seedbeds in 11 counties in Georgia were assayed by ELISA for tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV). Only one asymptomatic seedling out of more than 1,200 was positive for TSWV. Additional seedlings from the 16...