title: Identification of a whitefly species by genomic and behavioral studies.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of California, Riverside 92521.
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Perring
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Farrar
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Bellows
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004175:Diptera / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004798:Enzymes / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012726:Sexual Behavior, Animal; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D004247:DNA