A review on transcriptional responses of interactions between insect vectors and plant viruses

MA Catto, H Mugerwa, BK Myers, S Pandey, B Dutta… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
This review provides a synopsis of transcriptional responses pertaining to interactions
between plant viruses and the insect vectors that transmit them in diverse modes. In the …

Differential Transcriptional Responses in Two Old World Bemisia tabaci Cryptic Species Post Acquisition of Old and New World Begomoviruses

H Mugerwa, S Gautam, MA Catto, B Dutta, JK Brown… - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
Begomoviruses are transmitted by several cryptic species of the sweetpotato whitefly,
Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), in a persistent and circulative manner. Upon virus acquisition …

Lysine provisioning by horizontally acquired genes promotes mutual dependence between whitefly and two intracellular symbionts

XY Bao, JY Yan, YL Yao, YB Wang, P Visendi… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Horizontal gene transfer is widespread in insects bearing intracellular symbionts.
Horizontally transferred genes (HTGs) are presumably involved in amino acid synthesis in …

Unraveling the basis of neonicotinoid resistance in whitefly species complex: Role of endosymbiotic bacteria and insecticide resistance genes

M Barman, S Samanta, G Upadhyaya… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Bemisia tabaci (whitefly) is one of the most detrimental agricultural insect pests and vectors
of many plant viruses distributed worldwide. Knowledge of the distribution patterns and …

Comparative evolutionary analyses of eight whitefly Bemisia tabaci sensu lato genomes: cryptic species, agricultural pests and plant-virus vectors

LI Campbell, J Nwezeobi, SL van Brunschot… - BMC genomics, 2023 - Springer
Background The group of> 40 cryptic whitefly species called Bemisia tabaci sensu lato are
amongst the world's worst agricultural pests and plant-virus vectors. Outbreaks of B. tabaci sl …

Combining mirid predators to reduce crop damage and sustain biocontrol in multi-prey systems

FL Yao, LS Monticelli, R Boll, KAJ Konan… - Journal of Pest …, 2022 - Springer
With the invasion or local occurrence of Bemisia tabaci and Tuta absoluta in recent decades,
they both have become two major insect pests of tomato crops in many countries. The …

Differential Transmission of Old and New World Begomoviruses by Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) and Mediterranean (MED) Cryptic Species of Bemisia tabaci

S Gautam, H Mugerwa, JW Buck, B Dutta, T Coolong… - Viruses, 2022 - mdpi.com
Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) and Mediterranean (MED) are two of the most invasive
members of the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, cryptic species complexes and are …

Phylogenomic and population genetics analyses of extant tomato yellow leaf curl virus strains on a global scale

WG Marchant, H Mugerwa, S Gautam, H Al-Aqeel… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) is a monopartite DNA virus with a genome size of~
2,800 base pairs. The virus belongs to the genus Begomovirus within the family …

What can be learned by a synoptic review of plant disease epidemics and outbreaks published in 2021?

MJ Jeger, H Fielder, T Beale… - …, 2023 - Am Phytopath Society
A synoptic review of plant disease epidemics and outbreaks was made using two
complementary approaches. The first approach involved reviewing scientific literature …

A novel microRNA regulates cooperation between symbiont and a laterally acquired gene in the regulation of pantothenate biosynthesis within Bemisia tabaci …

X Sun, BQ Liu, CQ Li, ZB Chen, XR Xu… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Horizontally transferred genes (HTGs) play a key role in animal symbiosis, and some
horizontally transferred genes or proteins are highly expressed in specialized host cells …