Species concepts as applied to the whitefly Bemisia tabaci systematics: how many species are there?

SS Liu, J Colvin, PJ De Barro - Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 2012 - Elsevier
The worldwide distribution and extensive genetic diversity of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci,
has long been recognized. However, the levels of separation within B. tabaci and the …

Synthesis and scope of the role of postmating prezygotic isolation in speciation

MD Garlovsky, E Whittington… - Cold Spring …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
How barriers to gene flow arise and are maintained are key questions in evolutionary
biology. Speciation research has mainly focused on barriers that occur either before mating …

An extensive field survey combined with a phylogenetic analysis reveals rapid and widespread invasion of two alien whiteflies in China

J Hu, P De Barro, H Zhao, J Wang, F Nardi, SS Liu - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background To understand the processes of invasions by alien insects is a pre-requisite for
improving management. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a cryptic species complex that …

Further Spread of and Domination by Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) Biotype Q on Field Crops in China

H Pan, D Chu, D Ge, S Wang, Q Wu… - Journal of Economic …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), causes
severe crop losses to many crops. The worst of these losses are often associated with the …

Competitive displacement between two invasive whiteflies: insecticide application and host plant effects

DB Sun, YQ Liu, L Qin, J Xu, FF Li… - Bulletin of entomological …, 2013 - cambridge.org
The cryptic species Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1), formerly referred to as 'B biotype', of
the whitefly Bemisia tabaci complex entered China in the mid 1990s, and the Mediterranean …

Genetic Networking of the Bemisia tabaci Cryptic Species Complex Reveals Pattern of Biological Invasions

P De Barro, MZ Ahmed - PLoS One, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Background A challenge within the context of cryptic species is the delimitation of individual
species within the complex. Statistical parsimony network analytics offers the opportunity to …

Mating behaviour, life history and adaptation to insecticides determine species exclusion between whiteflies

DW Crowder, AR Horowitz, PJ De Barro… - Journal of Animal …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Negative interspecific interactions, such as resource competition or reproductive
interference, can lead to the displacement of species (species exclusion). 2. Here, we …

Insecticides promote viral outbreaks by altering herbivore competition

H Pan, EL Preisser, D Chu, S Wang, Q Wu… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
While the management of biological invasions is often characterized by a series of single‐
species decisions, invasive species exist within larger food webs. These biotic interactions …

[HTML][HTML] Difference in feeding behaviors of two invasive whiteflies on host plants with different suitability: implication for competitive displacement

B Liu, F Yan, D Chu, H Pan, X Jiao, W **e… - … Journal of Biological …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract In China, Bemisia tabaci Q (commonly known as biotype Q) has rapidly displaced B
(commonly known as biotype B) in the past 6 years. The mechanisms underlying such …

Analysis of species coexistence co-mediated by resource competition and reproductive interference

S Kishi, T Nakazawa - Population ecology, 2013 - Springer
Reproductive interference is any interspecific sexual interaction that reduces the
reproductive success of females through promiscuous reproductive activities of …