The authors thank Kerry M.Oliver and David Plotkin for critical reviews of this manuscript,and we thank Pei-Qiong Shi for culture of whitefly lines.This work was supported by the NSFC-Guangdong Joint Research Fund(U1701231);the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31672028);Key-Area Research and Development Program of Guangdong Province(2018B020205003)to BLQ.The funders had no role in the study design,data collection and interpretation,or the decision to submit the work for publication.
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