A nation-wide genetic survey revealed a complex population structure of Bemisia tabaci in Pakistan.
Acta Trop
; 183: 119-125, 2018 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-29653091
ABSTRACT
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 the whiteflies genetically. The study revealed the presence of five different cryptic species in Pakistan namely Asia II-1, Asia II-5, Asia II-7, Asia II-8 and MEAM-1, respectively. Among them, Asia II-1, which was previously reported from a few areas in the country, had been found now to be prevalent all over the country covering 88.7% of all the sequenced samples. Based on the mtCOI sequences and genetic distance analyses, the diversity of Asia II-1 was much greater than all other cryptic species, which exist only in small patches.
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Phylogeny
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Molecular Epidemiology
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Hemiptera
Limits:
Animals
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Acta Trop
Year:
2018
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China