Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) has one of the largest host ranges among plant viruses
and is widespread in all climates. TSWV is responsible for numerous epidemics in many
parts of the world in different crops, mainly vegetables, tobacco and ornamentals. Its highly
polyphagous nature, effectiveness of virus transmission by the thrips as its vectors, rapidity
with which new variants arise, as well as difficulties in controlling the vectors make TSWV
one of the most dangerous plant viruses. The ability of this virus to cause such severe losses
on a broad range of crops, as well as its intriguing biological and molecular characteristics
place TSWV amongst the most extensively studied plant viruses in the world at present.
This paper provides a general overview of TSWV, encompassing all the major aspects of its
biology and current knowledge on host range, symptomatology, molecular biology, vector
relationship, control and diagnosis.Smatra se da virus bronzavosti paradajza (Tomato spotted wilt virus, TSWV) ima najširi
krug domaćina i da je jedan od najrasprostranjenijih biljnih virusa. Ovaj virus je odgovoran
za brojne epidemije na različitim usevima u mnogim delovima sveta, a najčešće na povrću,
duvanu i ukrasnim biljkama. Visoko polifagna priroda virusa, efikasnost prenošenja vektorima
– tripsima, brzina kojom se stvaraju nove varijante virusa, kao i teškoće u kontroli vektora,
čine TSWV jednim od najopasnijih biljnih virusa. Zbog ekonomske važnosti na širokom
krugu domaćina, kao i interesantnih bioloških i molekularnih karakteristika, ovo je danas jedan
od najproučavanijih biljnih virusa. Ovaj pregledni rad o virusu bronazavosti paradajza
bliže objašnjava sve aspekte njegove biologije i sadrži savremene podatke o nekim njegovim
osobinama koje se odnose na niz domaćina, simptomatologiju, molekularnu biologiju,
odnos sa vektorom, kontrolu i dijagnozu oboljenja koje prouzrokuje
