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 …

Prospects, challenges and current status of RNAi through insect feeding

N Kunte, E McGraw, S Bell, D Held… - Pest management …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference is a phenomenon in which the introduction of double‐stranded RNA
(dsRNA) into cells triggers the degradation of the complementary messenger RNA in a …

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 …

Establishing RNAi for basic research and pest control and identification of the most efficient target genes for pest control: a brief guide

S Mehlhorn, VS Hunnekuhl, S Geibel, R Nauen… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - Springer
RNA interference (RNAi) has emerged as a powerful tool for knocking-down gene function
in diverse taxa including arthropods for both basic biological research and application in …

Topical Spray of dsRNA Induces Mortality and Inhibits Chilli Leaf Curl Virus Transmission by Bemisia tabaci Asia II 1

P Chakraborty, A Ghosh - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Chilli leaf curl virus (ChiLCV; genus: Begomovirus), transmitted by Bemisia tabaci
(Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in a persistent-circulative manner, is a major …

Genetics and genomics of cotton leaf curl disease, its viral causal agents and whitefly vector: a way forward to sustain cotton fiber security

M Rahman, AQ Khan, Z Rahmat, MA Iqbal… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) after its first epidemic in 1912 in Nigeria, has spread to
different cotton growing countries including United States, Pakistan, India, and China. The …

Potential of RNA interference in the study and management of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci

S Grover, V Jindal, G Banta, CNT Taning… - Archives of insect …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Whiteflies cause considerable losses to crops, directly by feeding, and indirectly by
transmission of viruses. The current control methods consist of a combination of different …

Targeting detoxification genes by phloem-mediated RNAi: a new approach for controlling phloem-feeding insect pests

G Eakteiman, R Moses-Koch, P Moshitzky… - Insect biochemistry and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Many phloem-feeding insects are considered severe pests of agriculture and are controlled
mainly by chemical insecticides. Continued extensive use of these inputs is environmentally …

RNAi-based functional genomics in Hemiptera

RG Jain, KE Robinson, SJ Fletcher, N Mitter - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful strategy to understand the function
of novel and critical insect genes. In this review, we highlight the pros and cons of using …

Exploiting somatic piRNAs in Bemisia tabaci enables novel gene silencing through RNA feeding

M Mondal, JK Brown, A Flynt - Life science alliance, 2020 - life-science-alliance.org
RNAi promises to reshape pest control by being nontoxic, biodegradable, and species
specific. However, due to the plastic nature of RNAi, there is a significant variability in …