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Bemisia argentifolii; Bemisia tabaci; Salvia hispanica; Verbesina encelioides; adults; cages; cassava; cotton; cryptic species; gene flow; genotyping; host plants; microsatellite repeats; reproduction; tomatoes; Australia; East Asia
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... Host plant relationships of Australian native and invasive whitefly species in the Bemisia tabaci species complex, namely AUSI and AUSII and Bemisia argentifolii (also called B. tabaci Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1), were investigated with three approaches: ecologically in the field with surveys, experimentally in the laboratory, and using population genetics to assess any host-associated differ ...
... Bemisia tabaci Gennadius (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a worldwide pest that damages over 900 host plant species. The volatile organic compounds (volatiles) of contrasting plants, as well as their growth stage, influence this pest’s infestation behavior. The chemical contents of volatiles isolated from three plants (Gossypium hirsutum, Abutilon theophrasti, and Ricinus communis) during various growt ...
... The tobacco whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, is a fast-evolving complex species consisting of more than 35 cryptic species (biotypes). Among these species, the Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1) and Mediterranean (MED) are the most widely distributed and often cooccurrent. Field investigations showed that MED has eventually replaced MEAM1in most areas in China, but MEAM1still exists alone or together with ...
... The heat shock protein 70 family (HSP70) is among the most varied HSP family with respect to structure and function. The phloem-feeding insect Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is an important pest of cotton, vegetables and ornamentals that transmits several plant viruses and causes enormous agricultural losses. In this study, two new HSP70 genes (Bthsp70-2 and Bthsp70-3) were isolated from the MED crypt ...
Bemisia tabaci; DNA; DNA barcoding; alleles; cotton; crop damage; cryptic species; horticulture; insecticide resistance; organophosphorus compounds; pest management; phenotype; pyrethrins; resistance genes; sodium channels; species diversity; surveys; Australia
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... BACKGROUND: Species within the Bemisia tabaci cryptic species complex can cause significant crop damage. We used high‐throughput amplicon sequencing to identify the species composition and resistance allele genotypes in field populations from cotton fields in Australia. For selected populations, the resistance phenotype was determined in bioassays and compared with sequencing data. RESULTS: A meta ...
Bemisia tabaci; biotypes; control methods; cotton; cryptic species; farmers; genetic variation; honeydew; insecticide resistance; mechanism of action; neonicotinoid insecticides; nucleotide sequences; pest control; pests; plant viruses; pyriproxyfen; resistance management; resistance mechanisms; sweet potatoes; vegetable crops; Asia
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... The sweet potato (cotton) whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a major agricultural pest in various fields and vegetable crops worldwide. It causes extensive damage by direct feeding on plants, reducing quality, secreting honeydew and transmitting plant viruses. B. tabaci is known for its genetic diversity and considered a complex of biotypes or, as suggested, a complex of distinct cryptic species. Manageme ...
... The whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) cryptic species has become an important pest of cotton and vegetable crops in Egypt. In this study, resistance to three organophosphate insecticides (OPs), chlorpyrifos-methyl, profenofos and pirimiphos-methyl, and detoxification enzymatic activities of acetylcholinesterase, carboxylesterase, and monooxygenase were evaluated to estab ...
... Neonicotinoids are commonly used for the control of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci in cotton field. Laboratory test and field experiments have found that whitefly has a high risk of developing resistance and cross-resistance to the pesticide. Over expression of cytochrome P450 is one of the main mechanism that controls pesticide resistance in many insects. In this study we use MEAM1 whitefly, the dom ...
... B. tabaci exists as a complex of morphologically very similar but genetically different variants previously termed as biotypes and more recently as cryptic species. Using a region of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase, I (mtCO-I) gene sequences this study for the first time identified at molecular level the presence of two cryptic species of B. tabaci; Asia-I and Asia-II-5 from cotton grown in the f ...
... The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) cryptic species Mediterranean (MED), is a destructive insect pest worldwide. In order to contribute to controlling B. tabaci by non-chemical methods, we examined the possibility of using a combination of trap/barrier crops and a parasitoid natural enemy in cotton. We performed field experiments using cantaloupe (Cucumis melo) and sunflower (Helianthus annuu ...
... Bemisia tabaci (Gennaduis) is a large complex of cryptic species whose members are invasive pests of economically important commodities, including cotton, vegetables, and ornamental crops. A new state detection of Mediterranean (MED; biotype Q) whitefly on poinsettia from a commercial greenhouse was made in Wisconsin in July 2018, bringing the total positive MED whitefly states to 27, indicating t ...
... BACKGROUND: Culicoides biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) are responsible for the biological transmission of internationally important arboviruses of livestock. In 2011, a novel Orthobunyavirus was discovered in northern Europe causing congenital malformations and abortions in ruminants. From field studies, Culicoides were implicated in the transmission of this virus which was subsequently n ...
Luís Fernando Maranho Watanabe; Vinicius Henrique Bello; Bruno Rossitto De Marchi; Felipe Barreto da Silva; Lucas Machado Fusco; Maria MárciaPereira Sartori; Marcelo Agenor Pavan; Renate Krause-Sakate
... Bemisia tabaci comprises a complex of cryptic species, of which MEAM1 (known as B biotype) and MED (known as Q biotype) are the most invasive and widely distributed ones. In Brazil, MEAM1 was first reported in the 1990s, while MED was first reported in 2014. The goal of this study was to understand the behaviour of the newly introduced MED cryptic species in Brazil and to predict the susceptibilit ...
Frankliniella occidentalis; Frankliniella schultzei; Gossypium hirsutum; Thrips tabaci; agricultural land; cotton; crops; cryptic species; flowering; genetic relationships; insects; landscapes; mitochondria; nucleotide sequences; pest management; population ecology; seasonal variation; seedlings; spring; summer; surveys; vegetation; weed hosts; New South Wales
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... The spatio-temporal relationships of thrips populations across weeds and cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L. (Malvales: Malvaceae) crops were studied across the agricultural landscape of the Namoi Valley, New South Wales, Australia. In a structured sampling program, the seasonal patterns of host plant use by Thrips tabaci Lindeman, Frankliniella occidentalis Pergrande and F. schultzei Trybom (Thysanopte ...
... Cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) has been a major constraint to cotton production across Pakistan and northwestern India since the early 1990s. The disease is caused by a number of begomoviruses, including Cotton leaf curl Multan virus (CLCuMuV), which associate with a specific host range and symptom determining betasatellite known as Cotton leaf curl Multan betasatellite (CLCuMuB). Bemisia tabaci ...
... Understanding and interpreting the host plant interactions of “generalist” herbivorous insects requires that species limits are accurately defined, as such taxa frequently harbour cryptic species with restricted host use. We tested for the presence of cryptic species across different host plant species in Australian Frankliniella schultzei using a combination of gene sequencing and newly developed ...
... Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius; Hempitera: Aleyrodidae) is considered to be a cryptic (sibling) species complex, the members of which exhibit morphological invariability while being genetically and behaviorally distinct. Members of the complex are agricultural pests that cause direct damage by feeding on plants, and indirectly by transmitting viruses that cause diseases leading to reduced crop yield an ...
Bemisia tabaci; biotypes; cotton; cryptic species; cytochrome-c oxidase; genetic markers; geographical distribution; mitochondria; pest management; pests; population dynamics; sympatry; vegetables; Benin; Burkina Faso; East Asia
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... Bemisia tabaci Gennadius is a major pest on cotton and vegetable plants in Africa. It is considered as a cryptic species complex. Identification of the most damaging species such as the Middle East–Asia Minor 1 (B biotype) and Mediterranean (MED) (which contains the Q and Africa silverleaf (ASL) biotypes) species represents an important step towards the management of B. tabaci. Some data on the ge ...
Bemisia tabaci; cotton; cryptic species; cultivars; fecundity; females; gossypol; insect pests; integrated pest management; life history; pest control; population growth; survival rate
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... Use of plant secondary metabolic compounds is an important method for insect pest control. In this study, the survival, development, and reproduction of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) MEAM1 cryptic species were compared over two consecutive generations on three cotton cultivars of different gossypol levels. Both cotton cultivar and generation significantly affected the fitness ...