Whitefly endosymbionts: IPM opportunity or tilting at windmills?

M Milenovic, M Ghanim, L Hoffmann… - Journal of Pest Science, 2022 - Springer
Whiteflies are sap-sucking insects responsible for high economic losses. They colonize
hundreds of plant species and cause direct feeding damage and indirect damage through …

The whitefly‐associated facultative symbiont Hamiltonella defensa suppresses induced plant defences in tomato

Q Su, KM Oliver, W Xie, Q Wu, S Wang… - Functional …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Maternally inherited bacterial symbionts are present in many, if not most, insect species.
While there is rapidly accumulating evidence that facultative, heritable symbionts often …

Plant-Mediated Silencing of the Whitefly Bemisia tabaci Cyclophilin B and Heat Shock Protein 70 Impairs Insect Development and Virus Transmission

S Kanakala, S Kontsedalov, G Lebedev… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The whitefly B. tabaci is a global pest and transmits extremely important plant viruses
especially begomoviruses, that cause substantial crop losses. B. tabaci is one of the top …

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 …

Identification and function of microRNAs in hemipteran pests: A review

Y Ren, W Dong, J Chen, H Xue, W Bu - Insect Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Hemiptera is one of the most significant orders of insect pests, including whiteflies, true
bugs, aphids, planthoppers, psyllids, and so forth, which have led to substantial economic …

Jasmonic Acid-Dependent Defenses Play a Key Role in Defending Tomato Against Bemisia tabaci Nymphs, but Not Adults

PJ Zhang, YC He, C Zhao, ZH Ye, XP Yu - Frontiers in plant science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The silverleaf whitefly Bemisia tabaci is an important and invasive crop pest in many
countries. Previous laboratory studies with Arabidopsis demonstrated that B. tabaci can …

Plant secondary metabolite and temperature determine the prevalence of Arsenophonus endosymbionts in aphid populations

CY Chang, XW Sun, PP Tian, NH Miao… - Environmental …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Transmission rate and role in hosts contribute to the prevalence of an endosymbiont.
However, factors affecting transmission and role of facultative endosymbionts are still not …

Effect of Neonicotinoids on Bacterial Symbionts and Insecticide-Resistant Gene in Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci

M Barman, S Samanta, H Thakur, S Chakraborty… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The silverleaf whitefly (B. tabaci) is an important agricultural pest
damaging several agricultural and horticultural crops worldwide. Keeping in mind the status …

Subcellular niche segregation of co-obligate symbionts in whiteflies

A Fujiwara, XY Meng, Y Kamagata… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Many insects contain endosymbiotic bacteria within their bodies. In multiple endosymbiotic
systems comprising two or more symbionts, each of the symbionts is generally localized in a …

Diversity of endosymbionts in camellia spiny whitefly, Aleurocanthus camelliae (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), estimated by 16S rRNA analysis and their biological …

Y Tan, B Gong, Q Zhang, C Li, J Weng… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Camellia spiny whitefly, Aleurocanthus camelliae (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), is a major pest
in tea, which poses a serious threat to tea production. Similar to many insects, various …