Instant evolution in whiteflies: Just add bacteria. they can transform an insect population over a very short time

In just six years, bacteria in the genus Rickettsia spread through an entire population of the sweet potato whitefly.

In 2000, the researchers found Rickettsia in only 1 percent of the whiteflies in Arizona. In 2003, the microbes had spread through half of the population, and today, almost all whiteflies

Instant evolution in whiteflies: Just add bacteria