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. 1993 Jan 1;259(5091):74-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.8418497.

Identification of a whitefly species by genomic and behavioral studies

T M Perring  1 , A D Cooper, R J Rodriguez, C A Farrar, T S Bellows Jr
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Identification of a whitefly species by genomic and behavioral studies

T M Perring et al. Science. .

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.

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  • Determining whitefly species.
    Campbell BC, Duffus JE, Baumann P. Campbell BC, et al. Science. 1993 Sep 3;261(5126):1333; author reply 1334-5. doi: 10.1126/science.8257524. Science. 1993. PMID: 8257524 No abstract available.
  • Determining whitefly species.
    Bartlett AC, Gawel NJ. Bartlett AC, et al. Science. 1993 Sep 3;261(5126):1333-4; author reply 1334-5. doi: 10.1126/science.8362245. Science. 1993. PMID: 8362245 No abstract available.
  • Is devastating whitefly invader really a new species?
    Barinaga M. Barinaga M. Science. 1993 Jan 1;259(5091):30. doi: 10.1126/science.8418492. Science. 1993. PMID: 8418492 No abstract available.

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