“…Therefore, we present an example of the extensive and collaborative work that has focused on unraveling the intricacies in tripartite interactions involving begomoviruses. In the past decade, a joint effort from our laboratory and the laboratories of Professor Xue‐Ping Zhou (Zhejiang University) and Professor Rong‐Xiang Fang (Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences) has begun to reveal the complexities of the interactions among begomoviruses, whitefly vectors and their shared host plants (Jiu et al ., 2007; Zhang et al ., 2012; Wang et al ., 2012, 2020; Luan et al ., 2013a,b; Li et al ., 2014; He et al ., 2015; P. Li et al ., 2017, 2019; Zhao et al ., 2019, 2021; He et al ., 2020; Wang et al ., 2020; Zou et al ., 2020). Our complementary studies demonstrate the feasibility of unraveling the underlying mechanisms, in particular the modulation and function of phytohormones, using a multidisciplinary, integrated approach that utilizes cutting‐edge technologies (Fig.…”