Polymorphisms in the hypervariable control region of the mitochondrial DNA differentiate BPH populations.

ABSTRACT: The brown planthopper (BPH; Nilaparvata lugens) is one of India's most destructive pests of rice. BPH, a monophagous migratory insect, reported from all major rice-growing ecosystems of the country, is capable of traversing large distances and causing massive crop loss. A crucial step for developing viable management strategies is understanding its population dynamics. Very few reliable markers are currently available to screen BPH populations for their diversity. In the current investigation, we developed a combinatorial approach using the polymorphism present within the mitochondrial Control Region of BPH and in the nuclear genome (genomic simple sequence repeats; gSSRs) to unravel the diversity present in BPH populations collected from various rice-growing regions of India. Using

SUBMITTER: Anand R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10926497 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature