Pest Management Science (2014) 70, 1440-1445

Leonardo da F. Barbosa, Julio M. Marubayashi, Bruno R. De Marchi, Valdir A. Yuki, Marcelo A. Pavan, Enrique Moriones, Jesús Navas-Castillo and Renate Krause-Sakate (2014)
Indigenous American species of the Bemisia tabaci complex are still widespread in the Americas
Pest Management Science 70 (10), 1440-1445
Abstract: Bemisia tabaci is a complex of at least 36 putative cryptic species. Since the late 1980s, the Middle East–Asia Minor 1 species (MEAM1, formerly known as the B biotype), has emerged in many tropical and subtropical regions of the world and in some areas has displaced the indigenous populations of B. tabaci. Based on analysis of the mtCOI gene, two indigenous species native to America have been reported: New World (NW, formerly the A biotype) and New World 2 (NW2). NW is present at least in Argentina, Brazil, Martinique, Mexico, Texas and Venezuela, and NW2 in Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Wild plants (Euphorbia sp. and Ipomoea sp.), as well as important crops such as tomato, bean and cotton, are still hosts for native B. tabaci populations in the Americas. MEAM1 has not completely displaced the native B. tabaci from the Americas.
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Database assignments for author(s): Renate Krause-Sakate, Jesús Navas-Castillo

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bemisia tabaci biotype MEAM1
	Bemisia tabaci biotype New World		Mexico
	Bemisia tabaci biotype New World		Argentina
	Bemisia tabaci biotype New World		Martinique
	Bemisia tabaci biotype New World 2		Argentina
	Bemisia tabaci biotype New World 2		Bolivia