| isolation and characterization of nine microsatellite loci for a parasitoid wasp, encarsia smithi (silvestri) (hymenoptera: aphelinidae). | the parasitoid wasp encarsia smithi is an important agent in the classical biological control of two species of invasive spiny whiteflies, aleurocanthus spiniferus and aleurocanthus camelliae. to evaluate the performance of parasitism indexed by genetic diversity, a highly polymorphic genetic marker is required. in this report, nine microsatellite loci are described for e. smithi. the microsatellite loci were obtained through the construction of an enriched library and exhibited polymorphisms (2 ... | 2012 | 23271368 |
| molecular evidence for multiple phylogenetic groups within two species of invasive spiny whiteflies and their parasitoid wasp. | the invasive orange spiny whitefly (osw) aleurocanthus spiniferus has extended its distribution to non-native areas since the early 20th century. in a similar manner, the invasive tea spiny whitefly (tsw) a. camelliae has been expanding over east asia in recent decades. in this study, the genetic diversity of osw and tsw and of their important parasitoid wasp encarsia smithi was investigated in china and japan to enable more efficient biological control policies. we detected two phylogenetic gro ... | 2016 | 26782948 |
| complete mitochondrial genome of the citrus spiny whitefly aleurocanthus spiniferus (quaintance) (hemiptera: aleyrodidae): implications for the phylogeny of whiteflies. | in this study, we sequenced the complete mitochondrial genome (15,220 bp) of the citrus spiny whitefly, aleurocanthus spiniferus (quaintance), a well-known pest from the superfamily aleyrodidae. the a. spiniferus mitogenome contains 36 genes, including 13 protein-coding genes (pcgs), 21 transfer rnas (trna), two ribosomal rnas (rrna) and a large non-coding region (control region, cr). like most whiteflies, the a. spiniferus mitogenome had a large degree of rearrangement due to translocation of t ... | 2016 | 27551782 |
| microsatellite-based analysis of the genetic structure and diversity of aleurocanthus spiniferus (hemiptera: aleyrodidae) from tea plants in china. | although aleurocanthus spiniferus (quaintance) (hemiptera: aleyrodidae) is a well known insect pest of tea plants, little information is available about its genetic structure and diversity. the present study used microsatellite markers to assess the genetic structure and diversity of this species on tea plants in china. for this purpose, 193 individuals from ten natural populations were analyzed using ten microsatellite markers. our results indicated that the average number of alleles (a) across ... | 2015 | 25662872 |