title: Molecular characterization of brinjal shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis (Guenée) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) based on mitochondrial marker cytochrome oxidase I and their phylogenetic relationship.
abstract: Shoot and fruit borer, Leucinodes orbonalis is an important insect pest infesting brinjal or eggplant in India. Molecular characterization of nine different populations belonging to various brinjal growing regions was done using Cytochorome C Oxidase I (COI) gene. Nucleotide analysis of genetic diversity and phylogenetic analysis of the COI indicate that the L. orbonalis from different geographical regions are homogenous. The results showed less nucleotide diversity (π = 0.007895) and overall mean distance (0.008 ± 0.003). Topologies of neighbour-joining (NJ) trees indicate all the populations belong to single major clade. Therefore, it is inferred that there was no significant molecular diversity within L. orbonalis of different geographical locations of India with respect to COI.
authors: P R
authors: PR
authors: Shashank
authors: Rakshit
authors: R
authors: Ojha
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Venkatesan
authors: S K
authors: SK
authors: Jalali
authors: K R M
authors: KR
authors: Bhanu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers; D017931:DNA Primers; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV / Q000235:genetics*; D007915:Lepidoptera / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000201:enzymology*; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D017931:DNA Primers; D003576:Electron Transport Complex IV