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Molecular evidence for the presence of the endosymbiontic bacteria Wolbachia in Cotesia populations (Hymenoptera: Braconidae

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Title Molecular evidence for the presence of the endosymbiontic bacteria Wolbachia in
Cotesia populations (Hymenoptera: Braconidae
 
Creator Rattan, R S
Hadapad, A B
Reineke , A
Gupta, P R
Zebitz, C P W
 
Subject Plant sciences
 
Description Cotesia are larval endoparasitoids and are potential biocontrol agents for various insect pests. In the present
study, we attempted to detect the allele-specific ftsZ gene of Wolbachia in Cotesia spp. obtained from different
geographical locations. Samples of Cotesia plutellae originating from India (Bangalore and Ludhiana), Kenya,
and South Africa and samples of C. glomerata from India (Solan) confirmed the presence of Wolbachia.
However, C. plutellae samples from the Kullu region of India did not show infection with Wolbachia. ftsZ
sequences showed a high degree of homology within the species (N99%). The low genetic distance in the
infected Cotesia populations indicated a single ancestral type, and distance to and from the outgroup
suggested that populations are from the same species. Phylogenetic grouping of Cotesia species on the basis of
geographic origin showed that the Wolbachia strain is closely related to strains that infect phylogenetically
distant hosts.
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://ihbt.csircentral.net/1088/1/6_Molecular.pdf
Rattan, R S and Hadapad, A B and Reineke , A and Gupta, P R and Zebitz, C P W (2011) Molecular evidence for the presence of the endosymbiontic bacteria Wolbachia in Cotesia populations (Hymenoptera: Braconidae. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomolgy, 14 (2). pp. 183-185.
 
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