Acyrthosiphon pisum, bacterial diversity, Bactericera cockerelli, Bemisia tabaci, Diaphorina citri, microbiota, phloem sap, secondary symbiont, symbiosis

Jing, Xiangfeng, Wong, Adam C-N, Chaston, John M., Colvin, John, McKenzie, Cindy L. and Douglas, Angela E. (2014) The bacterial communities in plant phloem-sap-feeding insects. Molecular Ecology, 23 (6). pp. 1433-1444. ISSN 0962-1083 (Print), 1365-294X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.12637)

Africa, cassava, whitefly, invasions, molecular markers

Hally, Hadija M., Hamss, Hajar El, Simiand, Christophe, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, John, Omongo, Christopher A. and Delatte, Helene (2019) What has changed in the outbreaking populations of the severe crop pest whitefly species in cassava in two decades? Scientific Reports, 9:14796. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50259-0)

Agroecology, Climate-change ecology, Ecological epidemiology, Ecological modelling, Entomology, Invasive species, Population dynamics

Kriticos, Darren J., Darnell, Ross E., Yonow, Tania, Ota, Noboru, Sutherst, Robert W., Parry, Hazel R., Mugerwa, Habibu, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Colvin, John, Macfadyen, Sarina, Kalyebi, Andrew, Hulthen, Andrew and De Barro, Paul J. (2020) Improving climate suitability for Bemisia tabaci in East Africa is correlated with increased prevalence of whiteflies and cassava diseases. Scientific reports, 10 (1):22049. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79149-6)

Aleyrodes proletella, cabbage whitefly, insecticide resistance, pyrethroid, neonicotinoid

Springate, Simon and Colvin, John (2011) Pyrethroid insecticide resistance in British populations of the cabbage whitefly, Aleyrodes proletella. Pest Management Science, 68 (2). pp. 260-267. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.2255)

Aleyrodidae, cassava, cytochrome oxidase I gene, fecundity, whitefly, Bemisia after

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Navaneethan, S., Colvin, John and Hillocks, Rory J. (2004) Bionomics, morphometrics and molecular characterization of a cassava Bemisia afer (Priesner & Hosny) population. International Journal of Tropical Insect Science, 24 (4). pp. 323-329. ISSN 1742-7584 EISSN: 1742-7592 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1079/IJT200438)

Begomovirus, Bemisia tabaci, ELISA, geminivirus, genome sequences, hibiscus, host range, India, PCR

Rajeshwari, R., Reddy, R.V.C., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Seal, S.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Muniyappa, V. (2005) Host range, vector relationships and sequence comparison of a begomovirus infecting hibiscus in India. Annals of Applied Biology, 147 (1). pp. 15-25. ISSN 0003-4746 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2005.00005.x)

Begomovirus, Bemisia tabaci, coat protein gene sequences, cucurbits, ELISA, electron microscopy, transmission

Muniyappa, V., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Babitha, C.R., Colvin, J., Briddon, R.W. and Rangaswamy, K.T. (2003) Characterisation of pumpkin yellow vein mosaic virus from India. Annals of Applied Biology, Volume (3). pp. 323-331. ISSN 0003-4746 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2003.tb00257.x)

Bemisia afer, Ipomovirus, Manihot esculenta, RT-PCR, vector, whitefly

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Hillocks, R.J., Mtunda, K., Raya, M.D., Muhanna, M., Kiozia, H., Rekha, A.R., Colvin, J. and Thresh, J.M. (2005) Transmission of Cassava brown streak virus by Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). Journal Of Phytopathology, 153 (5). pp. 307-312. ISSN 0931-1785 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0434.2005.00974.x)

Bemisia afer, mitochondrial genome, whitefly

Wang, Hua-Ling, Xiao, Na, Yang, Jiao, Wang, Xiao-Wei, Colvin, John and Liu, Shu-Sheng (2016) The complete mitochondrial genome of Bemisia afer (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part A: DNA Mapping, Sequencing, and Analysis, 27 (1). pp. 98-99. ISSN 2470-1394 (Print), 2470-1408 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3109/19401736.2013.873921)

Bemisia tabaci whitefly species; agricultural pests and plant-virus disease vectors

Mugerwa, Habibu, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Wang, Hua-Ling, Patel, Mitulkumar V., Kabaalu, Richard, Omongo, Christopher A., Alicai, Titus, Tairo, Fred, Ndunguru, Joseph, Sseruwagi, Peter and Colvin, John (2018) African ancestry of New World, Bemisia tabaci-whitefly species. Scientific Reports, 8 (1):2734. ISSN 2045-2322 (Print), 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-20956-3)

Bemisia tabaci, ELISA, Geminiviridae, legume, vector transmission, whitefly

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Manjunatha, B., Rekha, A.R., Govindappa, M.R., Colvin, John and Muniyappa, V. (2006) Dolichos yellow mosaic virus belongs to a distinct lineage of Old World begomoviruses; its biological and molecular properties. Annals of Applied Biology, 149 (2). pp. 187-195. ISSN 0003-4746 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2006.00075.x)

Bemisia tabaci, Whitefly complex

Vyskočilová, Soňa, Tay, Wee Tek, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Colvin, John (2018) An integrative approach to discovering cryptic species within the Bemisia tabaci whitefly species complex. Scientific Reports, 8:10886. ISSN 2045-2322 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-29305-w)

Bemisia tabaci, cassava mosaic virus disease, fecundity, mating compatibility, RAPD-PCR, Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J. and Seal, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2001) Mating compatibility, life-history traits, and RAPD-PCR variation in Bemisia tabaci associated with the cassava mosaic disease pandemic in East Africa. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 99 (1). pp. 13-23. ISSN 0013-8703 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1570-7458.2001.00797.x)

Bemisia tabaci, constitutive and plastic expression, host adaptation, insect–plant interactions, molecular mechanisms, polyphagy

Malka, Osnat ORCID: 0000-0003-0193-377X , Feldmesser, Ester, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Santos‐Garcia, Diego ORCID: 0000-0002-3401-2662 , Han, Wen‐Hao, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Colvin, John ORCID: 0000-0001-6413-580X and Morin, Shai ORCID: 0000-0003-2157-1999 (2020) The molecular mechanisms that determine different degrees of polyphagy in the Bemisia tabaci species complex. Evolutionary Applications, 14 (3). pp. 807-820. ISSN 1752-4563 (Print), 1752-4571 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13162)

Bemisia tabaci, gene expression, RT-qPCR, transcription profiling

Collins, Carl, Patel, Mitulkumar V., Colvin, John, Bailey, David and Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2014) Identification and evaluation of suitable reference genes for gene expression studies in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Asia I) by reverse transcription quantitative realtime PCR. Journal of Insect Science, 14 (1):63. pp. 1-25. ISSN 1536-2442 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1673/031.014.63)

Bemisia tabaci, whitefly, mosaic disease, image analysis

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Seal, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Gibson, G. and Cooper, J. (2002) Co-adaptation between cassava mosaic geminiviruses and their local vector populations. Virus Research, 86 (1-2). pp. 71-85. ISSN 0168-1702 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1702(02)00051-5)

Bemisia tabaci, whitefly, transcriptome, next generation sequencing, quantitative real-time (QRT)-PCR, Asia 1 mtCOI

Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Patel, Mitulkumar V., Collins, Carl, Colvin, John and Bailey, David (2012) Next generation transcriptome sequencing and quantitative real-time PCR technologies for characterisation of the Bemisia tabaci Asia 1 mtCOI phylogenetic clade. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 11 (2). pp. 281-292. ISSN 2095-3119 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(12)60012-4)

Bemisia tabaci; cryptic species; phylogenetics; RAD-Seq; reproductive compatibility; whiteflies

Wang, Hualing, Lei, T, Wang, X-O, Cameron, S, Navas-Castillo, J, Liu, Y-Q, Maruthi, Midatharahally Narasegowda ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Omongo, C, Delatte, H, Lee, K-Y, Krause-Sakate, R, Ng, J, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Fiallo-Olivé, E, Bushley, K, Colvin, John and Liu, S-S (2024) A comprehensive framework for the delimitation of species within the Bemisia tabaci cryptic complex, a global pest-species group. Insect Science. ISSN 1672-9609 (Print), 1744-7917 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.13361)

Bemisia tabaci; gene targets; osmoregulation; sucrase; aquaporin; alpha-glucosidase; symbiosis; Portiera; RNA interference; pest management

Kaweesi, Tadeo, Colvin, John, Campbell, Lahcen, Visendi, Paul, Maslen, Gareth, Alicai, Titus and Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2024) In silico prediction of candidate gene targets for the management of African cassava whitefly (Bemisia tabaci, SSA1-SG1), a key vector of viruses causing cassava brown streak disease. PeerJ – the Journal of Life and Environmental Sciences, 12:e16949. pp. 1-27. ISSN 2167-8359 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.16949)

Bemisia tabaci; phylogenomics; reciprocal crossing; sub-Saharan Africa species

Mugerwa, Habibu ORCID: 0000-0001-5077-0167 , Wang, Hua‐Ling, Sseruwagi, Peter, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Colvin, John (2020) Whole‐genome single nucleotide polymorphism and mating compatibility studies reveal the presence of distinct species in sub‐Saharan Africa Bemisia tabaci whiteflies. Insect Science, 28 (6). pp. 1553-1566. ISSN 1672-9609 (Print), 1744-7917 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1744-7917.12881)

Cassava mosaic disease, Leslie matrix model, cassava brown streak virus disease, cellular automata, host-plant resistance, spatial simulation, whitefly-transmitted viruses

Parry, Hazel R. ORCID: 0000-0002-6747-3182 , Kalyebi, Andrew, Bianchi, Felix, Sseruwagi, Peter, Colvin, John, Schellhorn, Nancy and Macfadyen, Sarina (2020) Evaluation of cultural control and resistance‐breeding strategies for suppression of whitefly infestation of cassava at the landscape scale: a simulation modeling approach. Pest Management Science, 76 (8). pp. 2699-2710. ISSN 1526-498X (Print), 1526-4998 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.5816)

Cassava, whitefly resistance, enotyping, metabotyping

Perez-Fons, Laura, Ovalle, Tatiana M., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, John, Lopez-Lavalle, Luis Augusto Becerra and Fraser, Paul D. (2020) The metabotyping of an East African cassava diversity panel: A core collection for developing biotic stress tolerance in cassava. PLoS ONE, 15 (11):e0242245. pp. 1-16. ISSN 1932-6203 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242245)

Cassava; Illumina Hiseq; temporal change; endosymbionts; whitefly

El Hamss, Hajar, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Ally, Hadija, Omongo, Chris, Wang, Hualing, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Colvin, John and Delatte, Helene (2022) Spatio-temporal changes in endosymbiont diversity and composition in the African cassava whitefly, Bemisia tabaci SSA1. Frontiers Microbiology, 13:986226. pp. 1-12. ISSN 1664-302X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.986226)

DNA probes, Lycopersicon, screening, ToLCBV-[Ban4], whitefly

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Muniyappa, V., Green, S.K., Colvin, J. and Hanson, P. (2003) Screening tomato and sweet-pepper genotypes resistance to Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus and its vector Bemisia tabaci. International Journal of Pest Management, 49 (4). pp. 297-303. ISSN 0967-0874 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/09670870310001593353)

East Africa; Invasive; Manihot; New pest; Food security

Omongo, Christopher Abu, Namuddu, Annet, Okao-Okuja, Geofrey, Alicai, Titus, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Ouvrard, David and Colvin, John (2018) Occurrence of Bondar's Nesting Whitefly, Paraleyrodes bondari (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), on cassava in Uganda. Revista Brasileira de Entomologia, 62 (4). pp. 257-259. ISSN 0085-5626 (Print), 1806-9665 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2018.10.001)

Homoptera, Aleyrodidae, genetic diversity, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI)DNA, host races, ecology

Sseruwagi, P., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Rey, M.E.C., Brown, J.K. and Legg, J.P. (2006) Colonization of non-cassava plant species by cassava whiteflies (Bemisia tabaci) in Uganda. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 119 (2). pp. 145-153. ISSN 0013-8703 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00402.x)

Insect‐plant interactions; Species complex; Diversification; Host adaptation; Diet breadth; Bemisia tabaci

Malka, Osnat, Santos-Garcia, Diego, Feldmesser, Ester, Sharon, Elad, Krause-Sakate, Renate, Delatte, Hélène, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Patel, Mitulkumar, Muhindira, Paul Visendi, Mugerwa, Habibu, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Colvin, John and Morin, Shai (2018) Species-complex diversification and host-plant associations in Bemisia tabaci : a plant-defense, detoxification perspective revealed by RNAseq analyses. Molecular Ecology, 27 (21). pp. 4241-4256. ISSN 0962-1083 (Print), 1365-294X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.14865)

Mitochondrial phylogenetic groups; Invasiveness; Survival analysis; Optimal oviposition theory; Optimal foraging theory; Bacterial endosymbionts

Vyskočilová, Soňa ORCID: 0000-0001-5296-4272 , Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Colvin, John ORCID: 0000-0001-6413-580X (2019) Relative polyphagy of “Mediterranean” cryptic Bemisia tabaci whitefly species and global pest status implications. Journal of Pest Science, 92 (3). pp. 1071-1088. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-019-01113-9)

SSA1-SG1; life stage; meta microbiome; illumina; 16 S rDNA gene

El Hamss, Hajar, Maruthi, Midatharahally Narasegowda ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Omongo, Chris, Wang, Hualing, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Colvin, John and Delatte, Helene (2023) Microbiome diversity and composition in Bemisia tabaci SSA1-SG1 whitefly are influenced by their host’s life stage. Microbiological Research, 278:127538. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0944-5013 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micres.2023.127538)

Whiteflies, Endosymbionts, Bacteria, molecular diversity, 16SrRNA

Wang, Hua-Ling, Lei, Teng, Wang, Xiao-Wei, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Zhu, Dan-Tong, Cameron, Stephen L., Rao, Qiong, Shan, Hong-Wei, Colvin, John, Liu, Yin-Quan and Liu, Shu-Sheng (2020) A newly recorded Rickettsia of the Torix group is a recent intruder and an endosymbiont in the whitefly Bemisia tabaci. Environmental Microbiology, 22 (4). pp. 1207-1221. ISSN 1462-2912 (Print), 1462-2920 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14927)

Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, MtCO1, Genetic diversity, Host range, East Africa

Mugerwa, Habibu ORCID: 0000-0001-5077-0167 , Colvin, John ORCID: 0000-0001-6413-580X , Alicai, Titus ORCID: 0000-0002-4489-3133 , Omongo, Christopher A., Kabaalu, Richard, Visendi, Paul ORCID: 0000-0001-7114-7710 , Sseruwagi, Peter ORCID: 0000-0002-4128-0294 and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2021) Genetic diversity of whitefly (Bemisia spp.) on crop and uncultivated plants in Uganda: implications for the control of this devastating pest species complex in Africa. Journal of Pest Science, 94 (4). pp. 1307-1330. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-021-01355-6)

abundance; agro-ecological zone; common bean; Ootheca spp.; damage

Halerimana, Charles, Kayamanywa, Samuel, Olaboro, Samuel, Paparu, Pamela, Nakalubo, Stanley T., Colvin, John, Cheke, Robert ORCID: 0000-0002-7437-1934 , Wagner, Thomas, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Kriticos, Darren J. and Otim, Michael H. (2021) Distribution and relative abundance of bean leaf beetles (Ootheca spp.) (Insecta: Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in Uganda. Insects (Special Issue Parasite-Insect Interactions), 12 (11):1048. pp. 1-12. ISSN 2075-4450 (Print), 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12111048)

agro-ecological regions, Bemisia tabaci, host-plants, whitefly species, SSA3, Uganda

Namuddu, Annet, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Malka, Osnat, Kabaalu, Richard, Morin, Shai, Omongo, Christopher and Colvin, John (2023) Distribution of Bemisia tabaci in different agro-ecological regions in Uganda and the threat of vector-borne pandemics into new cassava growing areas. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 7:106810. pp. 1-15. ISSN 2571-581X (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2023.1068109)

begomovirus, Bemisia tabaci, CMD

Alicai, T., Omongo, C.A., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Hillocks, Rory, Baguma, Y., Kawuki, R., Bua, A., Otim-Nape, G.W. and Colvin, John (2007) Re-emergence of Cassava Brown Streak Disease in Uganda. Plant Disease, 91 (1). pp. 24-29. ISSN 0191-2917 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1094/PD-91-0024)

begomoviruses, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase, whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, virus-vector relationships, epidemiology

Chowda-Reddy, R.V., Kirankumar, M., Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Muniyappa, V., Valand, Girish B., Govindappa, M.R. and Colvin, John (2012) Bemisia tabaci phylogenetic groups in India and the relative transmission efficacy of Tomato leaf curl Bangalore virus by an indigenous and an exotic population. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 11 (2). pp. 235-248. ISSN 2095-3119 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(12)60008-2)

begomoviruses, tomato, Bangaladesh

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Rekha, A.R., Alam, S.N., Kader, K.A., Cork, Alan and Colvin, John (2006) A novel begomovirus with distinct genomic and phenotypic features infects tomato in Bangladesh. Plant Pathology, 55 (2). p. 290. ISSN 0032-0862 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2005.01275.x)

biological species; genome assembly; comparative genomics; phylogenomics; cladogenesis; transposons; endosymbiont; horizontal genes

Campbell, Lahcen, Nwezeobi, Joachim, van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Kaweesi, Tadeo, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Swamy, Rekha, Namuddu, Annet, Maslen, Gareth L., Mugerwa, Habibu, Armean, Irina M., Haggerty, Leanne, Martin, Fergal J., Malka, Osnat, Santos-Garcia, Diego, Juravel, Ksenia, Morin, Shai, Stephens, Michael E., Muhindira, Paul Visendi, Kersey, Paul J., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Omongo, Christopher A., Navas-Castillo, Jesús, Fiallo-Olivé, Elvira, Mohammed, Ibrahim Umar, Wang, Hua-Ling, Onyeka, Joseph, Alicai, Titus and Colvin, John (2023) Comparative evolutionary analyses of eight whitefly Bemisia tabaci sensu lato genomes: cryptic species, agricultural pests and plant-virus vectors. BMC Genomics, 24:408. ISSN 1471-2164 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-023-09474-3)

biotype, Cytochrome oxidase, I gene, Geminivirus diversity, phylogenetics, population genetics, virus-specific primers

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Rekha, A.R., Mirza, S.H., Alam, S.N. and Colvin, John (2007) PCR-based detection and partial genome sequencing indicate high genetic diversity in Bangladeshi begomoviruses and their whitefly vector, Bemisia tabaci. Virus Genes, 34 (3). pp. 373-385. ISSN 0920-8569 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-006-0027-2)

cassava, cassava mosaic disease, Zanzibar, begomovirus

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Seal, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , Colvin, J., Briddon, R.W. and Bull, S.E. (2004) East African cassava mosaic Zanzibar virus – a recombinant begomovirus species with a mild phenotype. Archives of Virology, 149 (12). pp. 2365-2377. ISSN 0304-8608 (Print), 1432-8798 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-004-0380-1)

cassava, ecology, natural enemies, climate change, cultivars

Macfadyen, Sarina, Paull, Cate, Boykin, Laura M., De Barro, Paul, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Ghosh, Saptarshi, Otim, Michael, Kalyebi, Andrew, Vassão, Daniel G., Sseruwagi, Peter, Tay, Wee Tek, Delatte, Helen, Seguni, Zuberi, Colvin, John and Omongo, Christopher Abu (2018) Cassava whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), in sub-Saharan African farming landscapes: a review of the factors determining abundance. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 108 (5). pp. 65-582. ISSN 0007-4853 (Print), 1475-2670 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007485318000032)

cassava, whitefly invasion, hybridization zones, disease outbreaks, microsatellite markers

Ally, Hadija, El Hamss, Hajar, Simiand, Christophe, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, John and Delatte, Helene (2023) Genetic diversity, distribution, and structure of Bemisia tabaci whitefly species in potential invasion and hybridization regions of East Africa. PLoS ONE, 18 (05):e0285967. pp. 1-22. ISSN 1932-6203 (Print), February 23, 2023; Published: May 25, 2023 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285967)

competition, PCR, plant-virus, synergism, virulence, whitefly

Colvin, J., Omongo, C.A., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Otim-Nape, G.W. and Thresh, J.M. (2004) Dual begomovirus infections and high Bemisia tabaci populations: two factors driving the spread of a cassava mosaic disease pandemic. Plant Pathology, 53 (5). pp. 577-584. ISSN 0032-0862 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0032-0862.2004.01062.x)

cross, whitefly, SSA1, SSA1-SG3, Arsenophonus and 16s rDNA

El Hamss, Hajar, Ghosh, Saptarshi, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Delatte, H and Colvin, John (2021) Microbiome diversity and reproductive incompatibility induced by the prevalent endosymbiont Arsenophonus in two species of African cassava Bemisia tabaci whiteflies. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (24). ISSN 2045-7758 (Print), 2045-7758 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8400)

cryptic species, mtCOI, host range, MED-ASL, SSA1-SG1, Bemisia

Namuddu, Annet, Malka, Osnat, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 , van Brunschot, Sharon ORCID: 0000-0002-9634-9463 , Kabaalu, Richard, Omongo, Christopher, Morin, Shai and Colvin, John (2024) Is polyphagy of a specific cryptic Bemisia tabaci species driving the high whitefly populations on cassava in eastern Africa? Journal of Pest Science. ISSN 1612-4758 (Print), 1612-4766 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10340-024-01832-8)

disease, Begomovirus, cassava, Zanzibar

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Seal, S. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Thresh, J.M. (2002) First report of a distinct begomovirus infecting cassava in Zanzibar. Plant Disease, 86 (2). p. 187. ISSN 0191-2917 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS.2002.86.2.187A)

disease, Bemisia tabaci, India, tomato leaf curl virus

Banks, G.K., Colvin, J., Chowda, Reddy R.V., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Muniyappa, V., Venkatesh, H.M., Kiran Kumar, M., Padmaja, A.S., Beitia, F.J. and Seal, S.E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2001) First report of the Bemisia tabaci B biotype in India and an associated tomato leaf curl virus disease epidemic. Plant Disease, 85 (2). p. 231. ISSN 0191-2917 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS.2001.85.2.231C)

dolichos yellow mosaic disease

Maruthi, M.N ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Rekha, A.R., Govindappa, M.R., Colvin, John and Muniyappa, V. (2006) A distinct begomovirus causes Indian dolichos yellow mosaic disease. Plant Pathology, 55 (2). p. 290. ISSN 0032-0862 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3059.2005.01299.x)

facemasks; modelling; COVID-19

Stutt, Richard O. J. H. ORCID: 0000-0002-1765-2633 , Retkute, Renata, Bradley, Michael, Gilligan, Christopher A. and Colvin, John (2020) A modelling framework to assess the likely effectiveness of facemasks in combination with ‘lock-down’ in managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 476 (2238):20200376. ISSN 1364-5021 (Print), 1471-2946 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2020.0376)

geminiviridae, phylogeny, whitefly vector,

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Alam, S.N., Kader, K.A., Rekha, A.R., Cork, A. and Colvin, J. (2005) Nucleotide sequencing, whitefly transmission, and screening tomato for resistance against two newly described begomoviruses in Bangladesh. Phytopathology, 95 (12). pp. 1472-1481. ISSN 0031-949X (doi:https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-95-1472)

genetic diversity, mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I DNA, whitefly

Sseruwagi, P., Legg, J.P., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Rey, M.E.C. and Brown, J.K. (2005) Genetic diversity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) populations and presence of the B biotype and a non-B biotype that can induce silverleaf symptoms in squash, in Uganda. Annals of Applied Biology, 147 (3). pp. 253-265. ISSN 0003-4746 (Print), 1744-7348 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1744-7348.2005.00026.x)

homoptera, aleyrodidae, RAPD-PCR, cytochrome oxidase I gene, phylogenetics, whitefly, molecular variability

Rekha, A.R., Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Muniyappa, V. and Colvin, J. (2005) Occurrence of three genotypic clusters of Bemisia tabaci and the rapid spread of the B biotype in south India. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, 117 (3). pp. 221-233. ISSN 0013-8703 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1570-7458.2005.00352.x)

insect vector, plant virus, plant–virus–vector interaction, persistently transmitted virus, vector performance, vector behaviour

Luan, Jun-Bo, Wang, Xiao-Wei, Colvin, John and Liu, Shu-Sheng (2014) Plant-mediated whitefly–begomovirus interactions: research progress and future prospects. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 104 (3). pp. 267-276. ISSN 0007-4853 (Print), 1475-2670 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.1017/S000748531400011X)

mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene, Bemisia tabaci, cassava, sweet potato, weed

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, John, Gibson, Gabriella, Thwaites, Richard M., Banks, Gina K. and Seal, Susan E. ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2004) Reproductive incompatibility and cytochrome oxidase I gene sequence variability amongst host-adapted and geographically separate Bemisia tabaci populations (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Systematic Entomology, 29 (4). pp. 560-568. ISSN 0307-6970 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0307-6970.2004.00272.x)

pumpkin plants, disease, yellow vein mosaic virus

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Colvin, J., Briddon, R.W., Bull, S.E. and Muniyappa, V. (2003) Pumpkin yellow vein mosaic virus: a novel begomovirus infecting cucurbits. Journal of Plant Pathology, 85 (1). pp. 64-65. ISSN 1125-4653

research impact, international development, tomato leaf curl virus

Colvin, John, Nagaraju, N., Moreno Leguizamon, Carlos ORCID: 0000-0002-4294-3387 , Govindappa, R.M., Manjunatha Reddy, T.B., Padmaja, S.A., Joshi, Neena, Hanson, Peter M., Seal, Susan E. and Muniyappa, V. (2012) Socio-economic and scientific impact created by whitefly-transmitted, plant- virus disease resistant tomato varieties in Southern India. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 11 (2). pp. 337-345. ISSN 2095-3119

tomato leaf curl, New Delhi virus, plant disease,

Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Rekha, A.R., Cork, Alan, Colvin, John, Alam, S.N. and Kader, K.A. (2005) First report of tomato leaf curl New Delhi virus infecting tomato in Bangladesh. Plant Disease, 89 (9). p. 1011. ISSN 0191-2917 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1094/PD-89-1011C)

whitefly resistance, cassava, direct pest, Africa, South America

Omongo, Christopher A., Kawuki, Robert, Bellotti, Antony C., Alicai, Titus, Baguma, Yona, Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Bua, Anton and Colvin, John (2012) African cassava whitefly, Bemisia tabaci, resistance in African and South American cassava genotypes. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 11 (2). pp. 327-336. ISSN 2095-3119 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S2095-3119(12)60017-3)

whitefly; biological traits; superabundance; management implications

Mugerwa, Habibu ORCID: 0000-0001-5077-0167 , Sseruwagi, Peter, Colvin, John and Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 (2021) Is high whitefly abundance on cassava in sub-Saharan Africa driven by biological traits of a specific, cryptic Bemisia tabaci species? Insects, 12 (3):260. ISSN 2075-4450 (Online) (doi:https://doi.org/10.3390/insects12030260)

yellow-dwarf-virus, cassava mosaic-virus, myzus-persicae homoptera, leaf curl virus, whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses, performance, liquid-chromatography, rhopalosiphum-padi homoptera, tabaci gennadius hemiptera, life-history traits, spotted wilt virus

Colvin, John, Omongo, C.A., Govindappa, M.R., Stevenson, Philip C. ORCID: 0000-0002-0736-3619 , Maruthi, M.N. ORCID: 0000-0002-8060-866X , Gibson, Gabriella, Seal, Susan ORCID: 0000-0002-3952-1562 and Muniyappa, V. (2006) Host-plant viral infection effects on arthropod-vector population growth, development and behaviour: management and epidemiological implications. In: Maramorosch, Karl, Shatkin, Aaron J. and Thresh, J.M., (eds.) Plant Virus Epidemiology. Advances in Virus Research, 67 . Academic Press / Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 419-452. ISBN 978-0-12-039866-9 (ISBN-13) 0-12-039866-4 (ISBN-10) ISSN 0065-3527 (doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/S0065-3527(06)67011-5 (for book section))