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A nation-wide genetic survey revealed a complex population structure of Bemisia tabaci in Pakistan.
Acta tropica - 1 Jul 2018
Islam Waqar, Lin Wenzhong, Qasim Muhammad, Islam Saif Ul, Ali Habib, Adnan Muhammad, Arif Muhammad, Du Zhenguo, Wu Zujian
Abstract excerpt
The whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) is a cryptic species complex distributed worldwide. In Pakistan, B. tabaci poses a serious threat to agriculture production. To understand its diversity in Pakistan, a large-scale sampling was conducted from various locations of all four provinces of the country and Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI) gene sequencing was used to determine...
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