Molecular Ecology Notes (2005) 5, 99-102

Pierre Franck, Fabien Guérin, Anne Loiseau and Benoît Sauphanor (2005)
Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci in the codling moth Cydia pomonella L. (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae)
Molecular Ecology Notes 5 (1), 99-102
Abstract: Twenty-four microsatellite markers were isolated using an enrichment protocol in Cydia pomonella, the major Lepidopteran pest in apple orchards. Twenty-two loci turned out to be polymorphic (four to 23 alleles per loci). Only four of these loci cross-amplified and are potentially polymorphic in some other Tortricid pests such as Cydia molesta, Cydia lobarzewsky and Lobesia botrana. The description of these 24 loci makes microsatellite-based population genetic studies feasible in C. pomonella.
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Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cydia pomonella