A Historical Account of Viruses in Intensive Horticultural Crops in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc: New Challenges for a Sustainable Agriculture

The epidemiological dynamics followed by viruses in protected horticultural crops in the Mediterranean Arc of Spain has evolved from a majority of those transmitted by aphids to the predominance of whitefly-transmitted ones. Later, due to the shift towards an integrated control that has been quite s...

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Main Authors: Velasco, Leonardo, Ruiz, Leticia, Galipienso, Luis, Rubio, Luis, Janssen, Dirk
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Published: MDPI 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6554
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/6/860
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author Velasco, Leonardo
Ruiz, Leticia
Galipienso, Luis
Rubio, Luis
Janssen, Dirk
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Janssen, Dirk
Rubio, Luis
Ruiz, Leticia
Velasco, Leonardo
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Ruiz, Leticia
Galipienso, Luis
Rubio, Luis
Janssen, Dirk
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description The epidemiological dynamics followed by viruses in protected horticultural crops in the Mediterranean Arc of Spain has evolved from a majority of those transmitted by aphids to the predominance of whitefly-transmitted ones. Later, due to the shift towards an integrated control that has been quite successful in the control of aleyrodids, not so much in the control of aphids, aphid-borne viruses are having a significant revival in open field cultivation. Another threat is the continuous emergence of new species or variants of mechanically transmitted viruses. Thus, the number of viruses affecting these crops is constantly increasing and their control demands dynamic actions. The main measures that have managed to limit the damage of these diseases have been the improvement in the physical barriers that limit the spread of vectors and the introduction of resistances in the germplasm. Recently, the increased movement of plant materials and of people, the popularity of growing local crop varieties that lack natural resistances against pathogens, and the prospects of global climate change, may well have boosted the frequency of diseases and pests. Faced with this picture, strategies must be addressed from a multidisciplinary approach. The need for in-field diagnostics tools, easy access to information, novel breeding technologies and alternatives to control of these viruses are discussed.
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spelling ReDivia65542025-04-25T14:47:21Z A Historical Account of Viruses in Intensive Horticultural Crops in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc: New Challenges for a Sustainable Agriculture Velasco, Leonardo Ruiz, Leticia Galipienso, Luis Rubio, Luis Janssen, Dirk Intensive horticulture Emergent diseases H20 Plant diseases Plant viruses Climate change New technology Biological control Decision making The epidemiological dynamics followed by viruses in protected horticultural crops in the Mediterranean Arc of Spain has evolved from a majority of those transmitted by aphids to the predominance of whitefly-transmitted ones. Later, due to the shift towards an integrated control that has been quite successful in the control of aleyrodids, not so much in the control of aphids, aphid-borne viruses are having a significant revival in open field cultivation. Another threat is the continuous emergence of new species or variants of mechanically transmitted viruses. Thus, the number of viruses affecting these crops is constantly increasing and their control demands dynamic actions. The main measures that have managed to limit the damage of these diseases have been the improvement in the physical barriers that limit the spread of vectors and the introduction of resistances in the germplasm. Recently, the increased movement of plant materials and of people, the popularity of growing local crop varieties that lack natural resistances against pathogens, and the prospects of global climate change, may well have boosted the frequency of diseases and pests. Faced with this picture, strategies must be addressed from a multidisciplinary approach. The need for in-field diagnostics tools, easy access to information, novel breeding technologies and alternatives to control of these viruses are discussed. 2020-06-26T12:28:07Z 2020-06-26T12:28:07Z 2020 article publishedVersion Velasco, L., Ruiz, L., Galipienso, L., Rubio, L., & Janssen, D. (2020). A Historical Account of Viruses in Intensive Horticultural Crops in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc: New Challenges for a Sustainable Agriculture. Agronomy, 10(6), 860. 2073-4395 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6554 10.3390/agronomy10060860 https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/6/860 en Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ MDPI electronico
spellingShingle Intensive horticulture
Emergent diseases
H20 Plant diseases
Plant viruses
Climate change
New technology
Biological control
Decision making
Velasco, Leonardo
Ruiz, Leticia
Galipienso, Luis
Rubio, Luis
Janssen, Dirk
A Historical Account of Viruses in Intensive Horticultural Crops in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc: New Challenges for a Sustainable Agriculture
title A Historical Account of Viruses in Intensive Horticultural Crops in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc: New Challenges for a Sustainable Agriculture
title_full A Historical Account of Viruses in Intensive Horticultural Crops in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc: New Challenges for a Sustainable Agriculture
title_fullStr A Historical Account of Viruses in Intensive Horticultural Crops in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc: New Challenges for a Sustainable Agriculture
title_full_unstemmed A Historical Account of Viruses in Intensive Horticultural Crops in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc: New Challenges for a Sustainable Agriculture
title_short A Historical Account of Viruses in Intensive Horticultural Crops in the Spanish Mediterranean Arc: New Challenges for a Sustainable Agriculture
title_sort historical account of viruses in intensive horticultural crops in the spanish mediterranean arc new challenges for a sustainable agriculture
topic Intensive horticulture
Emergent diseases
H20 Plant diseases
Plant viruses
Climate change
New technology
Biological control
Decision making
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/6554
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/10/6/860
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