Molecular characterization of Gonatocerus tuberculifemur (Ogloblin) (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), a prospective Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) biological control candidate agent from South America: Divergent clades

Bulletin of Entomological Research

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 97-108

  De Leon J H ^a   Logarzo, G A ^b   Triapitsyn, S V ^c  

^a KIKA DE LA GARZA SUBTROPICAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b South American Biological Control Laboratory   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Cytochrome oxidase subunit I gene (COI); Gonatocerus tuberculifemur; ISSR PCR DNA fingerprinting; Phylogenetics

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; PRIMER DNA;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BOOTSTRAPPING; CLADISTICS; DIVERGENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; INSECT; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASP;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHEMISTRY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPE; HEMIPTERA; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WASP;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; GEOGRAPHY; HAPLOTYPES; HEMIPTERA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; PHYLOGENY; SOUTH AMERICA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VARIATION (GENETICS); WASPS;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA; SAN RAFAEL [MENDOZA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

CICADELLIDAE; GONATOCERUS; GONATOCERUS TUBERCULIFEMUR; HEMIPTERA; HOMALODISCA; HOMALODISCA COAGULATA; HYMENOPTERA; MYMARIDAE;

EID: 38549146873     PISSN: 00074853     EISSN: 14752670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007485307005469     Document Type: Article

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