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Mitochondrial DNA and trade data support multiple origins of Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) in Brazil.
Scientific reports - 28 Mar 2017
Tay Wee Tek, Walsh Thomas K, Downes Sharon, Anderson Craig, Jermiin Lars S, Wong Thomas K F, Piper Melissa C, Chang Ester Silva, Macedo Isabella Barony, Czepak Cecilia, Behere Gajanan T, Silvie Pierre, Soria Miguel F, Frayssinet Marie, Gordon Karl H J
Abstract excerpt
The Old World bollworm Helicoverpa armigera is now established in Brazil but efforts to identify incursion origin(s) and pathway(s) have met with limited success due to the patchiness of available data. Using international agricultural/horticultural commodity trade data and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) cytochrome oxidase I (COI) and cytochrome b (Cyt b) gene markers, we inferred the origins and incursion pathways...
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