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The book presents a chronology of events of B. tabaci and geminiviruses, and an overview within the Caribbean and Latin America. The pathosystems involving Tomato yellow leaf curl virus , Cotton leaf curl virus and the cassava mosaic viruses are discussed. Data is presented on amino acid concentrations influencing B. tabaci and thus serves the basis for holidic diets. The essential molecular techniques for B. tabaci identification and classification are included with factors to consider for appropriate applications; an essential working guide for graduate students and researchers in the molecular field. Excellent photos portray symptoms of geminivirus-infecting crops: tomato, cotton, cassava, legumes and cucurbits; an important guide for researchers and growers. The novel insecticides, their mode of action and specificity; emphasize the applications of these within IPM programs.
List of contents
List of contributors.- Preface. Chapter 1. Introduction: Whiteflies, Geminiviruses and Recent Events.- Chapter 2. Interaction between Bemisia tabaci, begomoviruses, and plant species in Latin America and the Caribbean.- Chapter 3. Bemisia tabaci - Tomato yellow leaf curl virus interaction causing worldwide epidemics.- Chapter 4. Bemisia tabaci interaction with Cotton leaf curl virus.- Chapter 5. Association of Bemisia tabaci with the severe cassava mosaic disease in Uganda.- Chapter 6. Interaction of Bemisia tabaci with East African cassava mosaic virus- infected plants.- Chapter 7. Bemisia tabaci (Genn.): biotypes and cassava mosaic virus in India.- Chapter 8. The performance of viruliferous and non-viruliferous cassava biotype Bemisia tabaci on amino acid diets.- Chapter 9. Bemisia tabaci, the capacity to invade.- Chapter 10. Global emergence and spread of whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) transmitted geminiviruses.- Chapter 11. Management of Bemisia tabaci whiteflies.- Chapter 12. Development of integrated pest management (IPM) strategies for whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)-transmissible geminiviruses.- Chapter 13. Remote Sensing for Detecting and Mapping Whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) Infestations.- Subject Index.
Summary
The book presents a chronology of events of B. tabaci and geminiviruses, and an overview within the Caribbean and Latin America. The pathosystems involving Tomato yellow leaf curl virus, Cotton leaf curl virus and the cassava mosaic viruses are discussed. Data is presented on amino acid concentrations influencing B. tabaci and thus serves the basis for holidic diets. The essential molecular techniques for B. tabaci identification and classification are included with factors to consider for appropriate applications; an essential working guide for graduate students and researchers in the molecular field. Excellent photos portray symptoms of geminivirus-infecting crops: tomato, cotton, cassava, legumes and cucurbits; an important guide for researchers and growers. The novel insecticides, their mode of action and specificity; emphasize the applications of these within IPM programs.
