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Mating interactions between okra and cassava biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on eggplant

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2007

Bonaventure Aman Omondi ,
Peter Sseruwagi ,
Daniel Obeng-Ofori ,
Eric Yirenki Danquah  and
Rosina Abena Kyerematen
Bonaventure Aman Omondi
Affiliation:
African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 82, Legon, Accra, Ghana
Peter Sseruwagi
Affiliation:
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Centre, PO Box 7878, Kampala, Uganda
Daniel Obeng-Ofori*
Affiliation:
African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 82, Legon, Accra, Ghana Crop Sciences Department, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 44, Legon, Accra
Eric Yirenki Danquah
Affiliation:
Crop Sciences Department, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 44, Legon, Accra
Rosina Abena Kyerematen
Affiliation:
African Regional Postgraduate Programme in Insect Science, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 82, Legon, Accra, Ghana Zoology Department, University of Ghana, PO Box LG 67 Legon, Accra, Ghana
*
*Email: dobeng@ug.edu.gh
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Abstract

Genetic and biological implications from interbreeding the Ghanaian okra and cassava biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), reared on eggplant, were studied in reciprocal crossing plans and crosses compared with parental generations using RAPD–PCR. Interbreeding did not affect fecundity of mated females and survival of F1 progeny. However, the sex ratio of the hybrid progeny was significantly male dominated (by 70% males) compared to purebred progeny of each biotype (>60% females) (P<0.01). Each biotype was characterized by its own RAPD profiles. Hybrid females had one locus identical to that of both parents, while the males resembled the mother biotype at two loci. The F1 females were oviposited normally and there was a possible restricted gene flow between insects from the two biotypes, sharing the same host plant. However, the biological isolation seems to buttress ecological isolation in nature, hence maintaining the genetic and biological identity of sympatric populations in both biotypes.

Keywords

Bemisia tabacibiotypegene flowhybridsfecundityRAPD–PCR
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Research Article
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International Journal of Tropical Insect Science , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , September 2005 , pp. 159 - 167
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Copyright © ICIPE 2005

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