Article
Detecting deep divergence in seventeen populations of tea geometrid (Ectropis obliqua Prout) in China by COI mtDNA and cross-breeding.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Zhang Gui-Hua, Yuan Zhi-Jun, Zhang Chuan-Xi, Yin Kun-Shan, Tang Mei-Jun, Guo Hua-Wei, Fu Jian-Yu, Xiao Qiang
Abstract excerpt
The tea geometrid (Ectropis obliqua Prout, Lepidoptera: Geometridae) is a dominant chewing insect endemic in most tea-growing areas in China. Recently some E. obliqua populations have been found to be resistant to the nucleopolyhedrovirus (EoNPV), a host-specific virus that has so far been found only in E. obliqua. Although the resistant populations are morphologically indistinguishable from susceptible...
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