Final diagnosis


TYLCV (Tomato yellow leaf curl virus)

Tomato plant infected early with <b>yellow leaf spoon virus</b>; its growth is greatly slowed down and its leaflets are smaller and chlorotic. (<i><b>Tomato yellow leaf curl virus</i></b>, TYLCV)
Detail of a tomato apex showing symptoms of <b>spoon yellow leaf virus</b>. Note the spoon-like appearance of the leaflets resulting from the rolling of the periphery of the leaf blade upwards. (<i>Tomato yellow leaf curl virus</i>, TYLCV)
Leaflets of tomato presenting rather marked inter-vein yellowing and slight rolling. (<b><i>Tomato yellow leaf curl virus</i></b> (TYLCV)
Chlorotic and particularly rolled tomato leaflets. <b><i>Tomato yellow leaf curl virus</i></b> (TYLCV)
Detail of a rolled up tomato leaflet. (<b><i>Tomato yellow leaf curl virus</i></b> (TYLCV)
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Numerous curved leaflets of reduced size giving the plant a bushy appearance. <b> Yellow leaf curl virus </b> (<i> Tomato yellow leaf curl virus </i>, TYLCV)
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This plant, with a rather bushy port, has many axillary branches with very short internodes, and much smaller leaves. <b> Yellow leaf curl virus </b> (<i> Tomato yellow leaf curl virus </i>, TYLCV)
Numerous small leaflets giving the plant a puny appearance. <b> Yellow leaf curl virus </b> (<i> Tomato yellow leaf curl virus </i>, TYLCV)
On this plant, the leaflets are very chlorotic and their raised blade gives them a spoon-like appearance. <b> Tomato leaf curl virus </b> (<i> Tomato yellow leaf curl virus </i>, TYLCV)
Leaflets more or less curved. <b> Yellow leaf curl virus </b> (<i> Tomato yellow leaf curl virus </i>, TYLCV)
On these small leaflets, we can see a marked inter-vein yellowing. <b> Yellow leaf curl virus </b> (<i> Tomato yellow leaf curl virus </i>, TYLCV)
Sometimes the leaflets take on a purplish hue, particularly along the veins and at the edge of the blade. <b> Yellow leaf curl virus </b> (<i> Tomato yellow leaf curl virus </i>, TYLCV)
The leaflets may be coiled mainly upwards and inwards on the leaf blade. <b> Yellow leaf curl virus </b> (<i> Tomato yellow leaf curl virus </i>, TYLCV)