[HTML][HTML] A Review of the Biology and Control of Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), with Special Reference to Biological Control Using …

I Sani, SI Ismail, S Abdullah, J Jalinas, S Jamian… - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, is considered one of the most destructive
insect pests of vegetables and ornamental crops globally. Synthetic chemical pesticides are …

[HTML][HTML] Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) Management (WFM) Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture: A Review

M Abubakar, B Koul, K Chandrashekar, A Raut… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Gennadius) is a notorious devastating sap-sucking insect pest
that causes substantial crop damage and yield losses due to direct feeding by both nymphs …

Bemisia tabaci on Vegetables in the Southern United States: Incidence, Impact, and Management

Y Li, GN Mbata, S Punnuri, AM Simmons… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, was initially discovered in the
United States in 1894 but was not considered an economic insect pest on various …

[HTML][HTML] SYNCAS based CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing in predatory mites, whiteflies and stinkbugs

A Mocchetti, S De Rouck, S Naessens… - Insect Biochemistry and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Despite the establishment of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing protocols in a wide range of
organisms, genetic engineering is still challenging for many organisms due to constraints …

Dynamic distress calls: volatile info chemicals induce and regulate defense responses during herbivory

NN Kutty, M Mishra - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Plants are continuously threatened by a plethora of biotic stresses caused by microbes,
pathogens, and pests, which often act as the major constraint in crop productivity. To …

Terpenes from herbivore‐induced tomato plant volatiles attract Nesidiocoris tenuis (Hemiptera: Miridae), a predator of major tomato pests

PM Ayelo, AA Yusuf, CWW Pirk… - Pest Management …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND Biological control plays a key role in reducing crop damage by Tuta
absoluta (Meyrick) and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood), which cause huge yield …

Optimizing the nitrogen use efficiency in vegetable crops

H Valenzuela - Nitrogen, 2024 - mdpi.com
Nitrogen (N) is the most limiting nutrient for the production of vegetable crops, but
anthropogenic sources pose risks due to its transformation into several reactive forms and …

Whiteflies at the intersection of polyphagy and insecticide resistance

JD Perier, PSG Cremonez… - Annals of the …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is one of the
most damaging, polyphagous insect pests of agricultural crop** systems around the …

Exploring distribution and genomic diversity of begomoviruses associated with yellow mosaic disease of legume crops from India, highlighting the dominance of …

M Akram, N Kamaal, A Pratap, D Kumar… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Yellow mosaic disease (YMD) caused by several begomoviruses is one of the major
constraints of over a dozen leguminous crops worldwide, particularly in Asian and Southeast …

Rickettsia Infection Benefits Its Whitefly Hosts by Manipulating Their Nutrition and Defense

ZY Fan, Y Liu, ZQ He, Q Wen, XY Chen, MM Khan… - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Rickettsia is a maternally transmitted endosymbiotic bacterium that infects
most insect species. In the current study, we investigated the biological and physiological …