Article
Use of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism for identifying subclades of Bemisia tabaci Mediterranean group.
Journal of economic entomology - 1 Feb 2012
Chu Dong, Hu Xiangshun, Gao Changsheng, Zhao Huiyan, Nichols Robert L, Li Xianchun
Abstract excerpt
The Mediterranean group (commonly known as Q biotype; hereafter MED) of the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), originated in the Mediterranean region, but it now has been found in at least 10 countries outside the Mediterranean. Collections of B. tabaci from some of these countries exhibit different pest behaviors and pesticide resistance characteristics, yet all may be classified as MED. A...
Topics
- Animals
- Arizona
- DNA
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Genetic Markers
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Hemiptera
- Mitochondria
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Sequence Analysis, DNA