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 …

Publisher Summary This chapter reviews the evidence for positive, negative and neutral
effects on the population growth of several arthropod vector species when feeding on virus …

Conclusions How do Whiteflies Select their Feeding and Oviposition Substrate?–Is there a
Relationship between Host-plant Preference and Host-plant Suitability?–Can We Explain …

Virus infection frequently modifies plant phenotypes, leading to changes in behaviour and
performance of their insect vectors in a way that transmission is enhanced, although this …

The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) MEAM1, is considered a
serious pest of horticultural and many other crops. While eggplant (Solanum melongena) is …

This monograph provides information on the basic and applied research on the morphology,
taxonomy, biology, ecology and behaviour of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). It is …

BACKGROUND In tropical countries, netting is an effective sustainable tool for protecting
horticultural crops against Lepidoptera, although not against small pests such as Bemisia …

This review presents and discusses the merits of the methodologies available for
implementing integrated pest management (IPM) of B. tabaci populations: namely, chemical …

Plant-mediated interactions between begomoviruses and whiteflies exert important
influences on the population dynamics of vectors and the epidemiology of plant diseases. In …

Abstract The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), is a cryptic species complex that attacks>
600 different species of plants and transmits several plant viruses causing severe economic …