Identification of a whitefly species by genomic and behavioral studies

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Abstract

An introduced whitefly species, responsible for over a half billion dollars in damage to U.S. agricultural production in 1991, is morphologically indistinguishable from Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). However, with the use of polymerase chain reaction-based DNA differentiation tests, allozymic frequency analyses, crossing experiments, and mating behavior studies, the introduced whitefly is found to be a distinct species. Recognition of this new species, the silverleaf whitefly, is critical in the search for management options.

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Perring, T., Cooper, A., Rodriguez, R.J., Farrar, C., and Bellows, T., 1993, Identification of a whitefly species by genomic and behavioral studies: Science, v. 259, no. 5091, p. 74-77, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.8418497.

Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title Identification of a whitefly species by genomic and behavioral studies
Series title Science
DOI 10.1126/science.8418497
Volume 259
Issue 5091
Year Published 1993
Language English
Publisher American Association for the Advancement of Science
Contributing office(s) Western Fisheries Research Center
Description 4 p.
First page 74
Last page 77
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