Bemisia tabaci has long been considered a complex species. It rose to global prominence in
the 1980s owing to the global invasion by the commonly named B biotype. Since then, the …

Cassava mosaic disease and cassava brown streak disease are caused by viruses
transmitted by Bemisia tabaci and affect approximately half of all cassava plants in Africa …

Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a species complex that is one of the
most devastating agricultural pests worldwide and affects a broad range of food, fiber and …

Members of the Bemisia tabaci species complex (whiteflies) are a considerable threat to a
broad range of agriculture and horticulture food and fiber crops. There are hundreds of …

Certain biotypes of the Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius)(Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) complex cause
extensive damage and are important pests and virus vectors in agricultural crops throughout …

The greatest current threat to cassava in sub-Saharan Africa, is the continued expansion of
plant virus pandemics being driven by super-abundant populations of the whitefly vector …

Cassava is attacked by a complex of arthropod pests across the tropical regions of the world
where the crop is grown. Root yield losses have been recorded for several pests, including …

Cassava is the fourth largest source of calories in the world but is subject to economically
important yield losses due to viral diseases, including cassava brown streak disease and …

Over the past three decades, highly increased whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) populations have
been observed on the staple food crop cassava in eastern Africa and associated with …

Whiteflies are classified in the family Aleyrodidae (Sternorrhyncha: Hemiptera [suborder
Homoptera])(Mound 1984; Mound and Halsey 1978). The closest relatives to whiteflies are …