On species delimitation, hybridization and population structure of cassava whitefly in Africa

Abstract The Bemisia cassava whitefly complex includes species that cause severe crop damage through vectoring cassava viruses in eastern Africa. Currently, this whitefly complex is divided into species and subgroups (SG) based on very limited molecular markers that do not allow clear definition of...

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Main Authors: S. Elfekih, W. T. Tay, A. Polaszek, K. H. J. Gordon, D. Kunz, S. Macfadyen, T. K. Walsh, S. Vyskočilová, J. Colvin, P. J. De Barro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87107-z