Transcriptome analysis of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci MEAM1 during feeding on tomato infected with the crinivirus Tomato chlorosis virus identifies a temporal shift in gene expression and differential regulation of novel orphan genes

摘要

BackgroundWhiteflies threaten agricultural crop production worldwide, are polyphagous in nature, and transmit hundreds of plant viruses. Little is known how whitefly gene expression is altered due to feeding on plants infected with a semipersistently transmitted virus. Tomato chlorosis virus (ToCV; genus Crinivirus, family Closteroviridae) is transmitted by the whitefly (Bemisia tabaci) in a semipersistent manner and infects several globally important agricultural and ornamental crops, including tomato.