Evaluation of Sexual Dimorphism in Aleyrodes proletella (Linnaeus), Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), Dialeurodes delhiensis David and Sundararaj and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
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Evaluation of Sexual Dimorphism in Aleyrodes proletella (Linnaeus), Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), Dialeurodes delhiensis David and Sundararaj and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae)
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MOHAMMED MUZERUDDIN BAIG
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Contributor |
V.V. Ramamurthy
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animal developmental stages, eggs, biological phenomena, fruits, planting, sexual reproduction, vegetables, bemisia tabaci, polymorphism, developmental stages
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Description |
Whiteflies (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) are one among the economical important pests threatening agricultural, horticultural and forest crops. These reproduce sexually or parthenogenetically. Generally female population is higher than males. So, to discriminate the sexes at fourth instar or puparial stage is of great importance and also challenging task. The present study aimed to evaluate sexual dimorphism in puparia of four whitefly species viz. Aleyrodes proletella (Linnaeus), Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), Dialeurodes delhiensis David and Sundararaj and Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) using multivariate analysis such as PCA, CDA and DFA and univariate analysis like z-test: two sample for means using a set of ten characters. The already known characters (length and breadth) of significance in demarcating the sexes were evaluated with eight additional characters. Morphologically no distinction but morphometrics showed that female puparia are larger than male puparia suggesting that dimorphism in whiteflies is size correlated. Univariate analysis showed female dominance (p |
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Date |
2016-03-17T18:15:36Z
2016-03-17T18:15:36Z 2013 |
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Thesis
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http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/65226
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en_US
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application/pdf
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IARI, DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY,NEW DELHI
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