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 …

Persistent, circulative transmission of begomoviruses by whitefly vectors

R Rosen, S Kanakala, A Kliot, BC Pakkianathan… - Current opinion in …, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•Begomoviruses is one of the largest and economically important groups of
emerging plant viruses.•Begomoviruses are exclusively vectored by Bemisia tabaci in a …

A practical guide to identifying members of the Bemisia tabaci species complex: and other morphologically identical species

LM Boykin, PJ De Barro - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Members of the Bemisia tabaci species complex (whiteflies) are a considerable threat to a
broad range of agriculture and horticulture food and fiber crops. There are hundreds of …

Whiteflies: Biology, ecology, and management

TM Perring, PA Stansly, TX Liu, HA Smith… - … of arthropod pests of …, 2018 - Elsevier
In tomato production, both open field and greenhouse, management of whiteflies and the
viruses they transmit ranks among the highest priorities of growers. Largely driven by the …

African ancestry of New World, Bemisia tabaci-whitefly species

H Mugerwa, S Seal, HL Wang, MV Patel, R Kabaalu… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Bemisia tabaci whitefly species are some of the world's most devastating agricultural pests
and plant-virus disease vectors. Elucidation of the phylogenetic relationships in the group is …

Genetic diversity of whitefly (Bemisia spp.) on crop and uncultivated plants in Uganda: implications for the control of this devastating pest species complex in Africa

H Mugerwa, J Colvin, T Alicai, CA Omongo… - Journal of pest …, 2021 - Springer
Over the past three decades, highly increased whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) populations have
been observed on the staple food crop cassava in eastern Africa and associated with …

Synergistic Effects of a Tomato chlorosis virus and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus Mixed Infection on Host Tomato Plants and the Whitefly Vector

J Li, J Wang, T Ding, D Chu - Frontiers in Plant Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In China, Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV) and Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) are
widely present in tomato plants. The epidemiology of these viruses is intimately associated …

Management of whitefly-transmitted viruses in open-field production systems

M Lapidot, JP Legg, WM Wintermantel… - Advances in virus …, 2014 - Elsevier
Whiteflies are a key pest of crops in open-field production throughout the tropics and
subtropics. This is due in large part to the long and diverse list of devastating plant viruses …

Analyses of twelve new whole genome sequences of cassava brown streak viruses and ugandan cassava brown streak viruses from East Africa: diversity …

J Ndunguru, P Sseruwagi, F Tairo, F Stomeo, S Maina… - PLoS …, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Cassava brown streak disease is caused by two devastating viruses, Cassava brown streak
virus (CBSV) and Ugandan cassava brown streak virus (UCBSV) which are frequently found …

Distribution and phylogenetics of whiteflies and their endosymbiont relationships after the Mediterranean species invasion in Brazil

LA de Moraes, C Muller, RCOF Bueno, A Santos… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
The Bemisia tabaci is a polyphagous insect and a successful vector of plant viruses. B.
tabaci is a species complex and in Brazil native species from the New World (NW) group, as …