The rapid advances in available transcriptomic and genomic data and our understanding of
the physiology and biochemistry of whitefly–plant interactions have allowed us to gain new …

Highlights•Whiteflies are plant phloem feeders and have diverse interactions with host
plants.•Plants defend against whitefly attacks by alternations of morphology and …

The Bemisia tabaci species complex (whitefly) causes enormous agricultural losses. These
phloem-feeding insects induce feeding damage and transmit a wide range of dangerous …

Whiteflies (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) comprise tiny phloem-sucking insects. The sessile
development of their immatures and their phloem-feeding habits (with minimal physical plant …

The sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is one of the
most damaging, polyphagous insect pests of agricultural cropping systems around the …

Herbivore attack induces plants to mobilize chemical defences, including the release of
volatiles that attract natural enemies of the herbivore. This commonly involves the jasmonic …

The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is one of the most destructive pests worldwide, and causes
tremendous economic losses. Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum serves as a model organism for …

The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is one of the world's most important invasive crop pests, possibly
because it manipulates plant defense signaling. Upon infestation by whiteflies, plants …

Phloem-feeding pests cause extensive crop damage throughout the world, yet little is
understood about how plants perceive and defend themselves from these threats. The …

Plants face constant threats from insect herbivores, which limit plant distribution and
abundance in nature and crop productivity in agricultural ecosystems. In recent decades, the …