Microbiome diversity and reproductive incompatibility induced by the prevalent endosymbiont Arsenophonus in two species of African cassava Bemisia tabaci whiteflies

Abstract A minimum of 13 diverse whitefly species belonging to the Bemisia tabaci (B. tabaci) species complex are known to infest cassava crops in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), designated as SSA1‐13. Of these, the SSA1 and SSA2 are the predominant species colonizing cassava crops in East Africa. The SSA...

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Main Authors: Hajar El Hamss, Saptarshi Ghosh, M. N. Maruthi, Hélène Delatte, John Colvin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-12-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8400