Mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) plays important roles in evolutionary and ecological
studies. It becomes routine to utilize multiple genes on mitogenome or the entire …

Many of the arthropod species that are important pests of agriculture and forestry are
impossible to discriminate morphologically throughout all of their life stages. Some cannot …

Melon thrips (Thrips palmi) is the principal insect pest of vegetable and ornamental plants
worldwide. In addition to inflicting feeding injuries on host plants, they act as vectors of …

Thrips are one of the major sucking pest and vector of plant viruses causing huge economic
loss in agriculture. The accurate identification of thrips is crucial for effective pest …

Although thrips are globally important crop pests and vectors of viral disease, species
identifications are difficult because of their small size and inconspicuous morphological …

BACKGROUND Rapid genetic on‐site identification methods at points of entry, such as
seaports and airports, have the potential to become important tools to prevent the …

The present study focuses on the variations in biology, morphology and mitochondrial
cytochrome oxidase I (mtCOI) sequences of the two Indian populations of the rice weevil …

Simple Summary Thrips species (Insecta, Thysanoptera) identification using traditional
approach is not an easy. In the present study, DNA barcoding was used to support the thrips …

Simple Summary Thrips are important agricultural and forest pests. They cause damage by
sucking plant sap and transmitting several plant viruses. Correct identification is the key for …

Advances in next-generation sequencing (NGS) technologies have led to an exponential
increase in the number of whole genome sequences (WGS) in databases. This wealth of …