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Potential impact of climate change on whiteflies and implications for the spread of vectored viruses

dc.contributor.authorAregbesola, O.Z.
dc.contributor.authorLegg, J.P.
dc.contributor.authorSigsgaard, L.
dc.contributor.authorLund, O.S.
dc.contributor.authorRapisarda, C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:30:16Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:30:16Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.citationAregbesola, O.Z., Legg, J.P., Sigsgaard, L., Lund, O.S. & Rapisarda, C. (2018). Potential impact of climate change on whiteflies and implications for the spread of vectored viruses. Journal of Pest Science, 1-12.
dc.identifier.issn1612-4758
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/5243
dc.descriptionPublished online: 31 Oct 2018
dc.description.abstractWhiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are important insect pests causing serious damage to plants and transmitting hundreds of plant viruses. Climate change is expected to influence life history and trophic interactions among plants, whiteflies and their natural enemies. Here, we review the potential impacts of climate change on whiteflies and the likely consequences for agricultural systems. This review concludes that while climatic stress tends to negatively affect life history traits, the effects differ with the tolerance of the whiteflies and the amount of stress experienced. Whiteflies also differ in their adaptability. Better adapted species will likely experience increased distribution and abundance provided their tolerance limits are not exceeded, while species with lower tolerance and adaptation limits will suffer reduced fitness, which will have overall effects on their distribution and abundance in space and time. The majority of methods used to control whiteflies will still be useful especially if complementary methods are combined for maximum efficacy. Parasitism and predation rates of whitefly natural enemies could increase with temperature within the optimum ranges of the natural enemies, although life history traits and population growth potential are generally maximised below 30 °C. Changes in climatic suitability modifying the distribution and abundance of whiteflies, and environmental suitability for plant viruses, will likely affect epidemics of viral diseases. Greater efforts are required to improve understanding of the complex effects of climate change on multi-species and multi-trophic interactions in the agro-ecological systems inhabited by whiteflies, and to use this new knowledge to develop robust and climate-smart management strategies.
dc.description.sponsorshipEuropean Union
dc.format.extent1-12
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAll rights reserved; no re-use allowed
dc.subjectHemiptera
dc.subjectBegomovirus
dc.subjectIntegrated Pest Management
dc.subjectGreenhouses
dc.subjectClimate Change
dc.subjectInsect Pest
dc.subjectWhiteflies
dc.titlePotential impact of climate change on whiteflies and implications for the spread of vectored viruses
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversità degli Studi di Catania
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Copenhagen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationWesley University Ondo
cg.coverage.regionAcp
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.coverage.regionEast Asia
cg.coverage.regionEurope
cg.coverage.countryChina
cg.coverage.countryFinland
cg.coverage.countryPeru
cg.coverage.countrySpain
cg.creator.identifierJames Legg: 0000-0003-4140-3757
cg.creator.identifierCarmelo Rapisarda: 0000-0002-0824-9797
cg.researchthemePLANT PRODUCTION & HEALTH
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectClimate Change
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.journalJournal of Pest Science
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid103280
cg.targetaudienceScientists
cg.identifier.doihttps://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10340-018-1059-9


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