Muhammad Qasim, Wang Baohua, Huasong Zou, Yongwen Lin, Chandra Kanta Dash, Bamisope Steve Bamisile, Mubasher Hussain, Zhao Zhiwen, Liande Wang
Asian citrus psyllid (ACP), Diaphorina citri Kuwayama (Hemiptera: Liviidae), is a severely devastating pest of Rutaceae plants, mainly citrus, across the globe, and causal agent of Huanglongbing (HLB) disease. To find out the genetic relationship and diversity among the populations of ACP and associated Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas) from two countries (China and Pakistan), sequence data of three different genes, cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI), Cu-transporting protein (ATOX1) and 16S rRNA, were used to characterize all populations...
April 20, 2018: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution