The presence of six cryptic species of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci complex in China as revealed by crossing experiments

Insect Science

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 67-77

  Wang, Peng ^a   Sun, Di Bing ^a   Qiu, Bao Li ^b   Liu, Shu Sheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bemisia tabaci; Biological invasion; Genetic diversity; Reproductive incompatibility; Systematics

Indexed keywords

ALEYRODIDAE; BEMISIA TABACI;

EID: 78751611844     PISSN: 16729609     EISSN: 17447917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2010.01381.x     Document Type: Article

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