the National Natural Science Foundation of China(projects30730061 and 31021003);the National Basic Research Programme of China(2009CB119203)for support to the International Symposium on Future Directions in Bemisia Research held in Hangzhou and thepublication of this special issue
The whitefly Bemisia tabaci species complex and the begomoviruses they transmit are devastating agricultural pests worldwide.With the rapid and further inva-sions by some members of the whitefly species complex into n...