Transmission of Begomoviruses and Other Whitefly-Borne Viruses: Dependence on the Vector Species - PubMed

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Transmission of Begomoviruses and Other Whitefly-Borne Viruses: Dependence on the Vector Species

Elvira Fiallo-Olivé et al. Phytopathology. 2020 Jan.

Abstract

Most plant viruses require a biological vector to spread from plant to plant in nature. Among biological vectors for plant viruses, hemipteroid insects are the most common, including phloem-feeding aphids, whiteflies, mealybugs, planthoppers, and leafhoppers. A majority of the emerging diseases challenging agriculture worldwide are insect borne, with those transmitted by whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) topping the list. Most damaging whitefly-transmitted viruses include begomoviruses (Geminiviridae), criniviruses (Closteroviridae), and torradoviruses (Secoviridae). Among the whitefly vectors, Bemisia tabaci, now recognized as a complex of cryptic species, is the most harmful in terms of virus transmission. Here, we review the available information on the differential transmission efficiency of begomoviruses and other whitefly-borne viruses by different species of whiteflies, including the cryptic species of the B. tabaci complex. In addition, we summarize the factors affecting transmission of viruses by whiteflies and point out some future research prospects.

Keywords: Bemisia tabaci; Trialeurodes vaporariorum; begomoviruses; criniviruses; cryptic species; differential transmission; plant viruses; torradoviruses; virology; whiteflies.

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