Wolbachia infection complexity among insects in the tropical rice-field community

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1049-1060

  Kittayapong, P ^a   Jamnongluk, W ^a   Thipaksorn, A ^a   Milne, J R ^a   Sindhusake, C ^b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Thailand Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Endosymbiont; Horizontal transfer; Natural enemies; Rice pests; Wolbachia

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; INSECTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZA SATIVA; PHYLOGENY; THAILAND; WOLBACHIA;

ARTHROPODA; AUCHENORRHYNCHA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CNAPHALOCROCIS; CNAPHALOCROCIS MEDINALIS; CNAPHAROCROSIS; CNAPHAROCROSIS MEDINALIS; CYRTORHINUS; CYRTORHINUS LIVIDIPENNIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MIRIDAE; NEPHOTETTIX; NISIA; RECILIA; RECILIA DORSALIS; SCIRPOPHAGA INCERTULAS; TOMOSVARYELLA SUBVIRESCENS; TROPOBRACON; TYTTHUS; VESPIDAE; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 0037800443     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01793.x     Document Type: Article

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