Table 4.

Host plants of Bemisia tabaci in East Africa from the published literature.

Host plant	Common name	B. tabaci genotype*	References
Manihot esculenta	Cassava	Ug1, Ug2, SSA1, IO	Sseruwagi et al. (2005); Tajebe et al. (2015)
Ocimum gratissimum	Wild basil	Ug3	Sseruwagi et al. (2005)
Cucurbita pepo	Squash	Ug4, MED, EA1	Sseruwagi et al. (2005); Tajebe et al. (2015)
Cucurbita sativus	Cucumber	Ug4	Sseruwagi et al. (2005)
Leonotis nepetifolia	Klip dagga, Christmas candlestick or lion's ear	Ug4 EA1, MED, IO	Sseruwagi et al. (2005); Tajebe et al. (2015)
Pavonia urens	Malvaceae, hibiscus-like flower	Ug4	Sseruwagi et al. (2005)
Commelina benghalensis	Wandering jew, or benghal dayflower	Ug7	Sseruwagi et al. (2005)
Phaseolus vulgaris	Bean	Ug7	Sseruwagi et al. (2005)
Abelmoschus esculentus	Okra	Ug1, Ug6, EA1	Sseruwagi et al. (2005); Tajebe et al. (2015)
Lycopersicon esculentum	Tomato	Ug1, Ug8, SSA1, IO	Sseruwagi et al. (2005); Tajebe et al. (2015); Delatte et al. (2011)
Gossypium hirsutum	Cotton	Ug8, EA1	Sseruwagi et al. (2005); Tajebe et al. (2015)
Ipomoea batatas	Sweet potato	Ug1, EA1, MED, SSA1	Tajebe et al. (2015)
Solanum melongena and Datura sp.	Eggplant	SSA1 (very few specimens), Tunisia	Laarif et al. (2015)
Euphorbia heterophylla, Aspilia africana	Non-crop weeds	Ug1	Sseruwagi et al. (2005)
Manihot glaziovii Jatropha gossypifolia	Tree cassava	Ug1	Sseruwagi et al. (2006)
Lantana spp.	Lantana and hibiscus	MED, in Tunisia	Laarif et al. (2015)

^*The names used here are the same as authors used in their papers, however see section on species identification.