MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF COTTON WHITEFLY BEMISIA TABACI GENN. (HEMIPTERA: ALEYRODIDAE) POPULATIONS OF TURKEY BASED ON MITOCHONDRIAL CYTOCHROME OXIDASE SUBUNIT I

Hüseyin GÖÇMEN

The cotton whitefly (Bemisia tabaci Genn.) is a major pest of cultivated plants in tropical and subtropical regions. In this study, the genetic diversity between populations and various biotypes of B. tabaci collected from Hatay, Adana, Icel, Antalya, Mugla, Aydin and Denizli provinces of Turkey were investigated using mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (mtCOI) sequences. Thirty-two nucleotide variations were found in a 617 bp mtCOI sequence of the among the populations studied. Phylogenetic analysis divided the B. tabaci populations of Turkey into two groups clustering around the main ...Более