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1 December 2009 Comparison of Laboratory Colonies and Field Populations of Tamarixia radiata, an Ectoparasitoid of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Using Internal Transcribed Spacer and Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I DNA Sequences
N. B. Barr, D. G. Hall, A. A. Weathersbee, R. Nguyen, P. Stansly, J. A. Qureshi, D. Flores
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Abstract

The genetic diversity of Tamarixia radiata Waterston (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) laboratory colonies derived from collections in China, northern Vietnam, Pakistan, and a mixed colony from Taiwan and southern Vietnam was evaluated using the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region 1, ITS-2, and the 5′ end of the cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene. The strains share the same ITS sequence, consistent with the morphological hypothesis that the collections represent a single species. The COI marker was variable and could distinguish the northern Vietnam and Pakistan colonies from each other and from the other colonies. Comparison of COI sequences from field-collected populations of Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, and Texas indicates that Florida is not a likely source of the introduction into Puerto Rico but is a likely source of the introduction into Texas.

N. B. Barr, D. G. Hall, A. A. Weathersbee, R. Nguyen, P. Stansly, J. A. Qureshi, and D. Flores "Comparison of Laboratory Colonies and Field Populations of Tamarixia radiata, an Ectoparasitoid of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Using Internal Transcribed Spacer and Cytochrome Oxidase Subunit I DNA Sequences," Journal of Economic Entomology 102(6), 2325-2332, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.1603/029.102.0639
Received: 20 March 2009; Accepted: 1 August 2009; Published: 1 December 2009
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KEYWORDS
biocontrol
citrus greening
DNA barcode
pathway analysis
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