Bemisia tabaci was described over 100 years ago and has since become one of the most
important pests worldwide in subtropical and tropical agriculture as well as in greenhouse …

The overall objective of this chapter is to review the past, present, and future role of the
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas [L.] Lam) in human nutrition. Specifically, the chapter …

The rapidly growing group of whiteflytransmitted closteroviruses includes beet pseudo-
yellows virus (BPYV)(20), cucurbit yellow stunting disorder virus (CYSDV)(11), lettuce …

The family Closteroviridae comprises more than 30 plant viruses with flexuous, filamentous
virions and includes representatives with either mono-or bipartite positive-strand ssRNA …

When infecting alone, Sweet potato feathery mottle virus (SPFMV, genus Potyvirus) and
Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus (SPCSV, genus Crinivirus) cause no or only mild …

Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) is the second whitefly-transmitted, phloem-limited, bipartite
closterovirus described infecting tomato. ToCV is distinct from tomato infectious chlorosis …

Sweet potato virus disease (SPVD) is the name used to describe a range of severe
symptoms in different cultivars of sweet potato, comprising overall plant stunting combined …

The genus Crinivirus includes the whitefly-transmitted members of the family
Closteroviridae. Whitefly-transmitted viruses have emerged as a major problem for world …

weet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.; Convolvulaceae (= Morning Glory)), with an annual world
production of 122 million metric tons (21), ranks fourth in importance in the develo** world …

Sweetpotato virus disease (SPVD), the most important disease affecting sweetpotato
(Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam), is caused by the synergistic interaction of the aphid-transmitted …