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Plant resistance against whitefly and its engineering
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 Plants face constant threats from insect herbivores, which limit plant distribution and abundance in nature and crop productivity in agricultural ecosystems.
Shu-Sheng Liu, Li-Long Pan
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Evidence for a new species of whitefly: UCR findings and implications [PDF]
California Agriculture, 1993 The whitefly that caused over $500 million in damage to U.S. agricultural production in 1991 initially was referred to as a strain of sweetpotato whitefly.
Thomas Perring +4 more
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A counting method of whiteflies on crop leave images captured by AR glasses based on segmentation and improved YOLOv11 models [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceThe whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) is a globally distributed agricultural pest. While accurate monitoring of this species is crucial for early warning systems and efficient pest control, traditional manual monitoring methods suffer from subjectivity, low ...
Shilong Zhao +10 more
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Managing Whiteflies on Landscape Ornamentals
EDIS, 2017 Whiteflies are a common pest of many ornamental plants throughout Florida and the world. There are more than 1,500 species worldwide and over 75 reported in Florida. Some of the most economically important species in Florida are the sweetpotato whitefly,
Eileen A. Buss +3 more
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A bacteriocyte symbiont determines whitefly sex ratio by regulating mitochondrial function
Cell Reports, 2023 Summary: Nutritional symbionts influence host reproduction, but the underlying molecular mechanisms are largely unclear. We previously found that the bacteriocyte symbiont Hamiltonella impacts the sex ratio of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci.
Ya-Lin Yao, Tian-Yu Wang, Jinyang Yan
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Modulation of Plant Interactions with Whitefly and Whitefly-Borne Viruses by Salicylic Acid Signaling Pathway: A Review [PDF]
VirusesWhiteflies of the Bemisia tabaci complex, along with the plant viruses they transmit, pose significant challenges to crop production worldwide. Upon infestation or infection, intimate interactions occur between plant hosts and these pests, influencing ...
Shi-Xing Zhao +3 more
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Genotyping by sequencing reveals a chromosome A04 QTL governing whitefly resistance in upland cotton [PDF]
Scientific ReportsCotton plants utilize physical defenses such as trichomes and leaf characteristics to deter insect pests and environmental stressors, safeguarding their growth and productivity. Cotton insect pests such as whiteflies, aphids, jassids and boll weevils not
Obad Ul Rahman +7 more
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Improving Whitefly Management [PDF]
Insects, 2021 Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), especially the sweetpotato or cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), are among the most destructive and difficult to manage polyphagous insect pests around the globe [...]
Alvin M. Simmons, David G. Riley
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BMC Plant Biology, 2023 Background Whiteflies are a global threat to crop yields, including the African subsistence crop cassava (Manihot esculenta). Outbreaks of superabundant whitefly populations throughout Eastern and Central Africa in recent years have dramatically ...
Danielle G. Nye +8 more
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EDIS, 2011 Until recently, squash has been the only cucurbit crop seriously affected by the B biotype of the sweet potato whitefly, also known as the silverleaf whitefly, because of the silverleaf disorder induced by feeding of the immature stages (nymphs). However,
Susan E. Webb +10 more
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