Article
Population Structure and Genetic Diversity of the Pepper Weevil (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Using the COI Barcoding Region.
Journal of insect science (Online) - 1 Jan 2022
Fernández D Catalina, VanLaerhoven Sherah L, Rodríguez-Leyva Esteban, Zhang Y Miles, Labbé Roselyne
Abstract excerpt
The pepper weevil Anthonomus eugenii Cano (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a pest of economic importance for Capsicum species pepper in North America that attacks the reproductive structures of the plant. The insect is distributed across Mexico, the United States, and the Caribbean, and is occasionally found during the pepper growing season in southern Ontario, Canada. Continuous spread of the insect to new areas...
Topics
- Animals
- Capsicum
- DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Haplotypes
- Weevils
