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A simple molecular identification method of the Thrips tabaci (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) cryptic species complex.
Bulletin of entomological research - 1 Jun 2020
Farkas Péter, György Zsuzsanna, Tóth Annamária, Sojnóczki Annamária, Fail József
Abstract excerpt
The onion thrips (Thrips tabaci Lindeman, 1889) is a key pest of a wide range of crops because of its ecological attributes such as polyphagy, high reproduction rate, ability to transmit tospoviruses and resistance to insecticides. Recent studies revealed that T. tabaci is a cryptic species complex and it has three lineages (leek-associated arrhenotokous L1-biotype, leek-associated thelytokous L2-biotype and...
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