title: Species identification of Cecidophyopsis mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) from different Ribes species and countries using molecular genetics.
abstract: Cecidophyopsis mites were studied by PCR amplification of parts of their ribosomal DNA, followed by restriction enzyme analysis. Mite specimens on Ribes nigrum (black currant) from six countries gave the same digestion pattern, which was distinct from the pattern for mites found on R. rubrum from Poland and Finland and for R. grossularia from the USA. This suggests that each Ribes species is host to a different mite species: C. ribis, C. selachodon and C. grossulariae, respectively. Two other mite samples from R. alpinum and R. aureum were identical but were distinct from each of the other species.
authors.affiliation: Scottish Crop Research Institute, Invergowrie, Dundee, UK.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fenton
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malloch
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Amrine
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Gordon
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: A'Hara
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: McGavin
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Birch
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005843:Geography; D008925:Mites / Q000235:genetics*; D010944:Plants / Q000469:parasitology*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004275:DNA, Ribosomal