Identification of a whitefly species by genomic and behavioral studies

TM Perring, AD Cooper, RJ Rodriguez, CA Farrar… - Science, 1993 - science.org
TM Perring, AD Cooper, RJ Rodriguez, CA Farrar, TS Bellows Jr
Science, 1993science.org
An introduced whitefly species, responsible for over a half billion dollars in damage to US
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.
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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