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Biotype Q ofBemisia tabaci identified in Israel

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The biotype status of samples of the whiteflyBemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) collected from several field and greenhouse sites in Israel during 1999–2000 was determined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) for general esterases, and by RAPD-PCR using primers of arbitrary sequence. Results of this survey provide the first published evidence for the occurrence of theB. tabaci Q biotype, alongside the more widely distributed B biotype. Based on the collected samples, it appears that both the B and Q biotypes are present in Israel, and that field populations consist of a mixture of the two biotypes. A possible link betweenB. tabaci biotypes and insecticide resistance is discussed.

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  1. Dept. of Entomology, ARO, Gilat Research Center, 85280, M.P. Negev, Israel

    A. R. Horowitz

  2. Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Division, IACR-Rothamsted, AL5 2JQ, Harpenden, Herts, UK

    I. Denholm & K. Gorman

  3. CIDA, 30150, La Alberca (Murcia), Spain

    J.L Cenis

  4. Dept. of Entomology, ARO, The Volcani Center, 50250, Bet Dagan, Israel

    S. Kontsedalov & I. Ishaaya

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Contribution no. 508/02 from the Inst. of Plant Protection, ARO, The Volcani Center, Bet Dagan, Israel.

http://www.phytoparasitica.org posting Dec. 5, 2002.

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Horowitz, A.R., Denholm, I., Gorman, K. et al. Biotype Q ofBemisia tabaci identified in Israel. Phytoparasitica 31, 94–98 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02979772

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