EVIDENCE FOR PRESENCE MANY BIOTYPES OF BEMISIA TABACI (GENN.) WITHIN EGYPT

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Plant Protection Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt

Abstract

In an attempt to screen the primers to used in high taxonomic level of populations differences of Bernisia tabad (Gennadius). Populations of B.tabaci were collected from five areas (Fayoum, Beheira, Gharbia, Ismailia and Beni-Suet) , within Egypt. The pooled DNA was studied using RAPD-PCR. OPA-2 primer gave unique profile for each sample in term of the migration of the RAPD bands and discriminated the populations of Gharbia, Beheira and Ismailia into three strains.