Arezoo Pakdel, Mohammad Khanjani,
Volume 13, Issue 1 (9-2023)
Abstract
Most of the plant viruses that have recently spread in tropical, subtropical and temperate regions and have limited the production of important plant products are transmitted by whiteflies. Three important whitefly species Bemisia tabaci, Trialeurodes vaporariorum and Trialeurodes abutiloneus are known as carriers of most plant viruses. Plant viruses transmitted by whiteflies are in the genera: Begomovirus, Crinivirus, Ipomovirus, Carlavirus, Torradovirus and Polerovirus. Management of whiteflies is difficult because of their wide host range, high reproduction rate, large population size, and also their resistance to insecticides, but new methods of chemical, biological control and the production of resistant transgenic plants have been developed to manage them, which are described in this article.
