Emergence of insect-transmitted plant viruses over the past 10–20 years has been
disproportionately driven by two so-called supervectors: the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, and the …

Insect-transmitted viruses cause some of the most damaging and economically important
diseases of crop plants, especially in tropical and subtropical regions. The geminiviruses, a …

The discovery of the first non-cellular infectious agent, later determined to be tobacco
mosaic virus, paved the way for the field of virology. In the ensuing decades, research …

Virus disease pandemics and epidemics that occur in the world's staple food crops pose a
major threat to global food security, especially in developing countries with tropical or …

Highlights•Recombination is inherent to the geminivirus replication process.•Recombination
is adaptive in the family, allowing for host shifts and increased host ranges.•Recombination …

Viruses constitute the largest group of emerging pathogens, and geminiviruses (plant
viruses with circular, single-stranded DNA genomes) are the major group of emerging plant …

Chilli, which encompasses several species in the genus Capsicum, is widely consumed
throughout the world. In the Indian subcontinent, production of chilli is constrained due to …

Plant viruses have important global impacts on crops, and identifying their centre and date of
emergence is important for planning control measures. Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) is a …

Bemisia tabaci is a complex of at least 36 putative cryptic species. Since the late 1980s, the
Middle East–Asia Minor 1 species (MEAM1, formerly known as the B biotype), has emerged …

Begomoviruses (family Geminiviridae, genus Begomovirus) are DNA viruses transmitted in a
circulative, persistent manner by the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). As revealed by …