The use of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I(mt COI)gene sequences for the identification of biotypes of Bemisia tabaci(Gennadius)in China

Chen Luo

Acta Entomologica Sinica · 2002 · 152 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase Ⅰ (mt COⅠ) (~830?bp) gene sequences were utilized as markers to identify biotypes of 5 populations of Bemisia tabaci in China. Of the 720 characters examined for COⅠ sequences, only 2 bases exhibited divergence and overall similarity was 99 7%. Examination of 423 characters in populations from Xian and Tulufan revealed that these two populations were of the same haplotype as AZB3. The results indicated that all 5 populations were of the B biotype.