Whitefly associated with ornamental plants: pest or viral vector, and the relationship between the endosymbiotic associations and the transmission of Begomoviruses and Criniviruses

• Grant number: 14/21773-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Start date: February 01, 2015
• End date: January 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Marcelo Agenor Pavan
• Grantee: Marcelo Agenor Pavan
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Agronômicas (FCA). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Botucatu. Botucatu , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Renate Krause Sakate ; Valdir Atsushi Yuki

Abstract

The whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) are recognized as one of the most important pests of the century, mainly because they are begomoviruses vectors. These insects show high biological and intra-specific genetic variability and there are about 32 different species, divided into 11 groups. These species harbor a mandatory symbiotic bacteria called Portiera aleyrodidarum and several secondary symbionts: Arsenophonus, Hamiltonella, Wolbachia, Cardinium, Fritschea, Rickettsia and Orientia-like organism (OLO). The association found between species of whitefly and secondary symbionts suggests a possible contribution of these bacteria to confer characteristics such as insecticide resistance, host range, virus transmission and thermal tolerance. This work intends to identify the species of whitefly and endosymbionts, in addition to evaluating the potential for transmission of begomoviruses and criniviruses on ornamentals, establishing several colonies of whiteflies with different combinations of secondary symbionts, and from these, perform a study of transmission. (AU)

Scientific publications

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DE MORAES, LETICIA APARECIDA; MARUBAYASHI, JULIO MASSAHARU; YUKI, VALDIR ATSUSHI; GHANIM, MURAD; BELLO, VINICIUS HENRIQUE; DE MARCHI, BRUNO ROSSITTO; BARBOSA, LEONARDO DA FONSECA; BOYKIN, LAURA M.; KRAUSE-SAKATE, RENATE; PAVAN, MARCELO AGENOR. New invasion of Bemisia tabaci Mediterranean species in Brazil associated to ornamental plants. PHYTOPARASITICA, v. 45, n. 4, p. 517-525, SEP 2017. (14/21773-0)