G. Truol

TL;DR: Information is brought together on biological and ecological aspects of WCM, including its taxonomic status, occurrence, host plant range, damage symptoms and economic impact, and management strategies that have been directed at this mite-virus complex are presented.

TL;DR: Investigation of WCM populations from different host plants in Australia, South America and Europe and molecular datasets suggest that what has been recognised historically as a single species is, in fact, a complex of several genetically isolated evolutionary lineages that demonstrate potential as cryptic species.

TL;DR: Applying the species assignment rules of recent studies suggests that the individuals from Argentina form a separate species, suggesting that Argentina has two indigenous species belonging to the B. tabaci cryptic species complex.

TL;DR: This work is the first report on reference gene selection in virus-infected insects, and might serve as a precedent for future gene expression studies on MRCV and other virus-planthopper pathosystems.

TL;DR: The genetic and ecological differences identified in this study support the notion that WCM is a species complex in need of major taxonomic revision and have implications for control of WCM globally, particularly within the context of identifying plants that form 'green bridge' refuges.