Prevalence of Wolbachia supergroups A and B in Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) and some of its natural enemies

Journal of Economic Entomology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1848-1859

  Ahmed, Muhammad Z ^a,b   Ren, Shun Xiang ^a   Mandour, Nasser S ^c   Greeff, Jaco M ^b   Qiu, Bao Li ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c SUEZ CANAL UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; infection frequency; parasitoid; predator; Wolbachia supergroups

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HEMIPTERA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE EAST; PEST CONTROL; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WOLBACHIA;

ANIMALS; ASIA; HEMIPTERA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MIDDLE EAST; PEST CONTROL; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; WOLBACHIA;

ALEYRODIDAE; APHELINIDAE; ARTHROPODA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BEMISIA TABACI; COCCINELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HEMIPTERA; NEMATODA; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 77957732985     PISSN: 00220493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EC10033     Document Type: Article

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