Formosan Entomologist (2006) 26, 197-201

Anil Kumar Dubey and Chiun-Cheng Ko (2006)
Toward an understanding of host plant associations of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae): An evolutionary approach
Formosan Entomologist 26 (2), 197-201
Abstract: An analysis of host plant-whitefly associations suggests that the whitefly subfamily, Aleurodinae, was the first to achieve success with feeding on gymnosperms and surviving than in the Aleurodicinae. This analysis opens a new avenue for research: Why are gymnosperms not favored by the Aleurodicinae? Further, the whitefly subfamily, Aleurodicinae, was not found to feed on Pteridophyta. Both subfamilies of whiteflies prefer dicotyledons (dicots) to monocotyledons (monocots), and a maximum of fabaceaeous hosts occurs in dicotyledons and the Graminae in monocotyledons.
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Database assignments for author(s): Chiun-Cheng Ko

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
general biology - morphology - evolution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Trialeurodes vaporariorum