Molecular Ecology Notes (2002) 2, 346-348

M. Kathleene Jensen, Karen M. Kester, Maaria Kankare and Bonnie L. Brown (2002)
Characterization of microsatellite loci in the parasitoid, Cotesia congregata (Say) (Hymenoptera Braconidae)
Molecular Ecology Notes 2 (3), 346-348
Abstract: Nine microsatellite loci were developed and assayed for polymorphism in four groups of the insect parasitoid, Cotesia congregata (Say) (Hymenoptera). One locus was monomorphic and eight were polymorphic in C. congregata. Allelic distributions differed significantly between groups of C. congregata collected from solanaceous and catalpa host food plants (P = 0). Loci were tested for cross-reactivity to six congeners: C. acuminata (Reinhard), C. bignellii (Marshall), C. cynthiae (Nixon), C. euphydryidis (Musebeck), C. koebelei (Riley) and C. melitaearum (Wilkinson). In the congeners, eight loci were polymorphic, four of which yielded allele sizes that differed substantially from sizes of amplification products observed for C. congregata.
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Database assignments for author(s): Bonnie L. Brown, Karen M. Kester

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
Cotesia congregata (parasitoid)