Records on Associated Endosymbionts and Genetic Group of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) Feeding on Okra

Tahseen R. Hashmi^1,2*, D. Dey¹,Salam Rita Devi¹, Ajit Varma² and Ram Prasad²

¹Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi- 110012, India.

²Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh- 201313, India. Corresponding Author E-mail: findtahseen@gmail.com

DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.13005/bbra/2403

ABSTRACT: Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.), is an important crop cultivated in Brazil, southern USA and India for its long, numerous seeded pods, used as a vegetable. A study was carried out to spot the dispersal frequency of bacterial endosymbionts and the genetic group of Bemisia tabaci feeding on okra plants, collected from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. The B. tabaci samples were examined based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I sequences and settle down along with Asia II 1 population. Dispersal frequency of seven known endosymbionts namely Portiera, Rickettsia, Wolbachia, Cardinium, Fritschea, Hamiltonella and Arsenophonus were documented. The primary endosymbiont, Portiera aleyrodidarum was present in all the studied samples and a disparity was noted in the dispersal frequency of secondary endosymbionts. The statistics of irregular dispersal of secondary endosymbionts and the genetic group of B. tabaci delivers the elementary data of this notorious pest for advance studies on the control measures of this insect pest over okra plantation.

KEYWORDS: Bemisia tabaci; genetic group; vegetable; endosymbionts

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