Phytoparasitica (2007) 35, 232-238

C. Ulubas Serce, M.B. Kaydan, A.N. Kilincer and F. Ertunc (2007)
Investigation of mealybug (Hemiptera: Coccoidea: Pseudococcidae) species from Turkey by RAPD
Phytoparasitica 35 (3), 232-238
Abstract: Molecular markers are commonly used for determining the relationship between insect species. In this study, we investigated the relationship of six mealybug species, Planococcus citri (Risso), Planococcus ficus (Signoret), Planococcus vovae (Nasonov), Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti), Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret) and Phenacoccus aceris (Signoret), sampled from Turkey, using randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction (RAPD-PCR). Of the 50 RAPD primers tested, 18 identified a total of 256 fragments of which all were polymorphic. Sufficient discrimination between P. citri and P. ficus was provided by several RAPD primers. The genetic distance values calculated for each pair-wise comparison ranged from 0.156 to 0.504. Cluster analyses of RAPD data clearly separated the species into two groups.
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Database assignments for author(s): Çigdem Ulubas Serçe, Mehmet Bora Kaydan

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Planococcus citri		Turkey
	Pseudococcus viburni		Turkey
	Pseudococcus longispinus		Turkey
	Planococcus ficus		Turkey
	Phenacoccus aceris		Turkey
	Planococcus vovae		Turkey