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Journal of Integrative Agriculture  2012, Vol. 11 Issue (2): 197-205    DOI: 10.1016/S1671-2927(00)8537
SECTION 1: THE Bemisia tabaci CRYPTIC SPECIES COMPLEX Advanced Online Publication | Current Issue | Archive | Adv Search |
The Effects of Space Dimension and Temperature on the Cross Mating of Three Cryptic Species of the Bemisia tabaci Complex in China
 LI Xiao-xi, LI Shao-jian, XUE Xia, Muhammad Z Ahmed, REN Shun-xiang, rew G S Cuthbertson , QIU Bao-li
1.Department of Entomology, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou 510640, P.R.China
2.Polytechnic College, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang 050018, P.R.China
3.Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa
4.The Food and Environment Research Agency, Sand Hutton YO41 1LZ, United Kindom
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摘要  The sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) is a destructive pest of agriculture and horticulture worldwide. Recent phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 sequences indicates that this whitefly is a species complex including at least 24 morphologically indistinguishable but genetically distinct cryptic species. In this study, the inter-species crosses of Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1), Mediterranean (MED) and Asia II 7 cryptic species, which were referred to as B, Q and Cv biotypes before, were conducted in two different devices, leaf cages (7 cm3) and cylinder cages (280 cm3), and at three temperatures of 22, 30 and 38°C. Results indicated that no female progeny were produced in the reciprocal cross between MEAM1×Asia II 7, between MED×Asia II 7 cryptic species neither in leaf cage nor in cylinder cages, while 0.81 and 1.37% of females in the offspring were recorded in the reciprocal cross between MEAM1×MED in leaf cage experiments. Approximately 0.95-0.98% female progeny were recorded in the reciprocal cross between MEAM1×MED at 30°C, 0.77% female progeny were recorded in the single cross direction between MEAM1 × MED at 22°C, and no female progeny were found in their reciprocal cross at 38°C in leaf cage. Our findings indicated that neither space dimension nor temperature have a significant effect on the hybridization of different B. tabaci cryptic species.

Abstract  The sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) is a destructive pest of agriculture and horticulture worldwide. Recent phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 sequences indicates that this whitefly is a species complex including at least 24 morphologically indistinguishable but genetically distinct cryptic species. In this study, the inter-species crosses of Middle East-Asia Minor 1 (MEAM1), Mediterranean (MED) and Asia II 7 cryptic species, which were referred to as B, Q and Cv biotypes before, were conducted in two different devices, leaf cages (7 cm3) and cylinder cages (280 cm3), and at three temperatures of 22, 30 and 38°C. Results indicated that no female progeny were produced in the reciprocal cross between MEAM1×Asia II 7, between MED×Asia II 7 cryptic species neither in leaf cage nor in cylinder cages, while 0.81 and 1.37% of females in the offspring were recorded in the reciprocal cross between MEAM1×MED in leaf cage experiments. Approximately 0.95-0.98% female progeny were recorded in the reciprocal cross between MEAM1×MED at 30°C, 0.77% female progeny were recorded in the single cross direction between MEAM1 × MED at 22°C, and no female progeny were found in their reciprocal cross at 38°C in leaf cage. Our findings indicated that neither space dimension nor temperature have a significant effect on the hybridization of different B. tabaci cryptic species.
Keywords:  Bemisia tabaci      cross mating      cryptic species      reproductive isolation      space dimension      temperature  
Received: 15 February 2011   Accepted:
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This research was funded by the National Basic Research Program of China (2009CB119203), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31071732) and the Foundation of Lingnan Fruit Innovation Team of Guangdong Province, China (2009-14).

Corresponding Authors:  Correspondence QIU Bao-li, Tel: +86-20-85283717, Fax: +86-20-85280316, E-mail: baileyqiu@scau.edu.cn     E-mail:  baileyqiu@scau.edu.cn

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LI Xiao-xi, LI Shao-jian, XUE Xia, Muhammad Z Ahmed, REN Shun-xiang, rew G S Cuthbertson , QIU Bao-li. 2012. The Effects of Space Dimension and Temperature on the Cross Mating of Three Cryptic Species of the Bemisia tabaci Complex in China. Journal of Integrative Agriculture, 11(2): 197-205.

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