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Genetic identity of the Bemisia tabaci species complex and association with high cotton leaf curl disease (CLCuD) incidence in Pakistan.
Pest management science - 1 Mar 2011
Ahmed Muhammad Z, De Barro Paul J, Greeff Jaco M, Ren Shun-Xiang, Naveed Muhammad, Qiu Bao-Li
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The cotton whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), is a cryptic species complex, and members of the complex have become serious pests in Pakistan because of their feeding and their ability to transmit cotton leaf curl virus (CLCuV). Here, an analysis was made of the identity of B. tabaci collected from cotton and a range of non-cotton hosts in the cotton-growing zones in Punjab and Sindh, the main...
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