Aphis gossypii/Aphis frangulae collected worldwide: Microsatellite markers data and genetic cluster assignment.

ABSTRACT: Aphis gossypii is a cosmopolitan aphid species able to colonize hundreds of plant species from various families [1]. It causes serious damage to a wide range of crops and it is considered a major pest of cucurbits and cotton [2]. It reproduces clonally, by obligate parthenogenesis, on secondary hosts present throughout the year in the intertropical area. At higher latitude, some lineages clonally overwinter but part of the population may have a sexual reproduction in autumn on primary host such as Hibiscus syriacus, to generate cold resistant overwintering eggs [3]. It is highly challenging to distinguish A. gossypii from its sister species Aphis frangulae as both are colonizing solanaceous plants as secondary hosts but the primary host of A. frangulae is

SUBMITTER: Mistral P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8026900 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature