Journal of Economic Entomology (2009) 102, 1389-1392

Andrew P. Michel, Wei Zhang, Jin Kyo Jung, Sung-Taeg Kang and M.A. Rouf Mian (2009)
Cross-species amplification and polymorphism of microsatellite loci in the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines
Journal of Economic Entomology 102 (3), 1389-1392
Abstract: We tested the utility of 18 previously characterized Aphis spp. microsatellite loci for polymorphism and differentiation among populations of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines. Loci were chosen from a closely related species (Aphis gossypii) and a more distantly related species (Aphis fabae). We found nine loci to be polymorphic among Korean and North American populations. Overall expected heterozygosity was moderate (average: 0.47; range: 0-1), although populations substantially differed in deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium. These loci will be valuable in characterizing population differentiation, migration and adaptation in an economically important pest of soybeans.
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Database assignments for author(s): Andrew P. Michel

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
control - general

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Aphis glycines