Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) is a pest of global importance on herbaceous species. It causes direct damage by feeding and indirect damage through the transmission of plant pathogenic viruses, primarily begomoviruses. Monthly survey and surveillance of the whitefly was conducted in North India to map the temporal variation in its incidence on cotton, CLCuD was monitored. The survey revealed interesting facts of the whitefly and CLCuD.
Prabhulinga T, Gawande SP, Kranthi S, Monga D, Rishi Kumar, Kranthi KR. Status of cotton leaf curl virus disease and its vector whitefly in North India: A survey report. J Entomol Zool Stud 2019;7(3):183-186.