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The karyotype of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

R. L Blackman  and
M Cahill
R. L Blackman*
Affiliation:
Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 5BD, UK:
M Cahill
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Ecological Chemistry, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, AL5 2JQ, UK
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* Fax: 0171 938 8937 E-mail: rlb@nhm.ac.uk
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Whiteflies of the Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) group are a major and increasing problem for agriculture throughout the world. In particular, the appearance and rapid spread of a highly virulent new form (silver-leaf whitefly, or B-biotype; Brown et ah, 1995), and recognition that the problem involves a complex of sibling species, host races and/or biotypes has stimulated intensive multidisciplinary research on this insect in recent years (Gerling & Mayer, 1996).

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , April 1998 , pp. 213 - 215
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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