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External Resources

A curated set of links for whitefly identification, sequence analysis and crop protection research.

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Whitefly and taxonomy

Reference material for identifying and classifying whitefly species.

Bemisia tabaci on Wikipedia Overview of the whitefly species complex, its biology and its status as a major agricultural pest.
NCBI Taxonomy: Bemisia tabaci The authoritative taxonomy record and linked sequence data for Bemisia tabaci.
Catalogue of Life A global index of known species used to check current accepted names.
Encyclopedia of Life Species pages, media and literature for whiteflies and their host plants.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Occurrence records showing where whitefly species have been collected worldwide.

Repositories and analysis tools that complement the mtCOI records held here.

NCBI GenBank The public sequence archive where the GenBank accessions in this database are deposited.
NCBI Nucleotide Look up an individual accession and download its full sequence record.
Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) A barcoding platform with tools for comparing COI sequences against reference libraries.
NCBI BLAST Align a query sequence against public databases to find close matches.
Open Tree of Life A synthesis of phylogenetic knowledge covering insects and their relatives.
Ensembl Metazoa Genome browsers and annotation for insect genomes, including whitefly assemblies.

Organisations working on whitefly management and global food security.

European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization Pest risk information and diagnostic standards for regulated whitefly species.
CABI Invasive Species Compendium Detailed datasheets on Bemisia tabaci and other invasive crop pests.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International work on plant health, crop production and food security.
CSIRO Australia's national science agency and a partner in agricultural research.
The University of Western Australia The institution where the Whiteflybase team studied and built this resource.
Laura Boykin research The research site of Dr Laura Boykin, whose work inspired Whiteflybase.
Global Invasive Species Database Profiles of invasive species including the sweetpotato whitefly.