Insecticide resistance and its management in Bemisia tabaci species

AR Horowitz, M Ghanim, E Roditakis, R Nauen… - Journal of Pest …, 2020 - Springer
The sweet potato (cotton) whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a major agricultural pest in various fields
and vegetable crops worldwide. It causes extensive damage by direct feeding on plants …

Contribution of insect gut microbiota and their associated enzymes in insect physiology and biodegradation of pesticides

S Jaffar, S Ahmad, Y Lu - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Synthetic pesticides are extensively and injudiciously applied to control agriculture and
household pests worldwide. Due to their high use, their toxic residues have enormously …

The draft genome of whitefly Bemisia tabaci MEAM1, a global crop pest, provides novel insights into virus transmission, host adaptation, and insecticide resistance

W Chen, DK Hasegawa, N Kaur, A Kliot, PV Pinheiro… - BMC biology, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is among the
100 worst invasive species in the world. As one of the most important crop pests and virus …

Global genetic diversity and geographical distribution of Bemisia tabaci and its bacterial endosymbionts

S Kanakala, M Ghanim - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Bemisia tabaci is one of the most threatening pests in agriculture, causing significant losses
to many important crops on a global scale. The dramatic increase and availability of …

Evolution and diversity of Rickettsiabacteria

LA Weinert, JH Werren, A Aebi, GN Stone, FM Jiggins - BMC biology, 2009 - Springer
Background Rickettsia are intracellular symbionts of eukaryotes that are best known for
infecting and causing serious diseases in humans and other mammals. All known vertebrate …

Chemical control of the Asian citrus psyllid and of huanglongbing disease in citrus

DR Boina, JR Bloomquist - Pest Management Science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract By 2014, huanglongbing (HLB), the most destructive disease of citrus, and its insect
vector, the Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri (Kuwayama), became established in …

The Transmission Efficiency of Tomato Yellow Leaf Curl Virus by the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Is Correlated with the Presence of a Specific Symbiotic Bacterium …

Y Gottlieb, E Zchori-Fein, N Mozes-Daube… - Journal of …, 2010 - Am Soc Microbiol
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV)(Geminiviridae: Begomovirus) is exclusively vectored
by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). TYLCV transmission …

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 …

A rapidly spreading deleterious aphid endosymbiont that uses horizontal as well as vertical transmission

X Gu, PA Ross, A Gill, Q Yang… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Endosymbiotic bacteria that live inside the cells of insects are typically only transmitted
maternally and can spread by increasing host fitness and/or modifying reproduction in …

Endosymbiont metacommunities, mtDNA diversity and the evolution of the Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) species complex

G Gueguen, F Vavre, O Gnankine… - Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Bemisia tabaci, an invasive pest that causes crop damage worldwide, is a highly
differentiated species complex, divided into biotypes that have mainly been defined based …