Identification of a whitefly species by genomic and behavioral studies
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By: T.M. Perring, A.D. Cooper, R. J. Rodriguez, C.A. Farrar, and T.S. Bellows Jr.
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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.
| 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 |