Host range of tomato leaf curl virus and managing its vector whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) for suppressing the virus

The tomato leaf curl virus (TLCV) was inoculated on eight different plants through white flies (Bemisia tabaci) and sap inoculation separately. Cucumis sativus, Capsicum annum and Phaseolus vulgaris showed leaf curl symptoms on young leaves inoculated with tomato leaf curl virus mechanically and with whitefly. Different plant leaf extracts, seed kernel extract, plant oils and chemicals were used for management of virus vector white flies. They were found effective by reducing whiteflies population and severity of tomato leaf curl virus. The minimum number of whiteflies recorded 3.00, 3.67 and 1.67, 2.33 in acetamiprid followed by neem seed kernel extract 4.00, 4.33 and 2.67, 3.00 after 7 and 14 days of first and second spray, respectively as capared to 13.00 and 14.67, 15.00, 16.00, respectively in untreated control.