Rapid molecular identification of armored scale insects (hemiptera: Diaspididae) on Mexican 'Hass' Avocado

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1948-1953

  Rugman Jones, Paul F ^a   Morse, Joseph G ^a   Stouthamer, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Armored scale insects; Avocado; Diaspididae; Internal transcriber spacer 2; Species specific multiplex polymerase chain eaction

Indexed keywords

DIASPIDIDAE; DIASPIS; HEMIBERLESIA; HEMIBERLESIA LATANIAE; HEMIBERLESIA RAPAX; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; LATANIA; PERSEA AMERICANA; PERSEA AMERICANA DRYMIFOLIA; PINNASPIS STRACHANI;

DNA; PRIMER DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVOCADO; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HEMIPTERA; MEXICO; PERSEA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 73949119766     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/029.102.0527     Document Type: Article

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