Whiteflies cause damages to many economically important agricultural crops because of their feeding habits and their begomovirus transmissions. The whitefly Bemisia tabaci is a genetically diverse group, which includes a large number of different biotypes (see Part I, Chapter 3). It is extremely prolific; a single female may lay approximately 400 eggs during her lifetime. Unfertilized eggs give...

Previous models of growers' decision-making during epidemics have unrealistically limited disease management choices to just two options. Here, we expand previous game-theoretic grower include three control options: a crop that is tolerant, resistant or susceptible disease. Using tomato yellow leaf curl virus (TYLCV) as case study, investigate how growers can be incentivized use different optio...