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Esterase variation and squash induction in B-type Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Frank J. Byrne ,
Ian D. Bedford ,
Alan L. Devonshire  and
Peter G. Markham
Frank J. Byrne*
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Ecological Chemistry, BBSRC Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, UK
Ian D. Bedford
Affiliation:
Department of Virus Research, John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, John Innes Institute, Norwich, UK
Alan L. Devonshire
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Ecological Chemistry, BBSRC Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, UK
Peter G. Markham
Affiliation:
John Innes Centre for Plant Science Research, John Innes Institute, Norwich, UK
*
Frank J. Byrne, Department of Biological and Ecological Chemistry, BBSRC Institute of Arable Crops Research, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts, UK.
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Abstract

Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis was used to study esterase variation in a population of B-type Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). A total of six esterases was identified within an overall B-type pattern. However, both qualitative and quantitative variation in some of these esterases gave three clearly defined phenotypes. One of these lacked esterase E0.14 which until now has been the key band used to classify B-type strains electrophoretically. A strain homozygous for the E0.14 null allele (B-Null) retained the ability to induce squash silverleaf, a plant physiological disorder which hitherto has only ever been associated with whitefly strains possessing this band.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 85 , Issue 2 , June 1995 , pp. 175 - 179
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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