DNA barcodes for bio-surveillance: regulated and economically important arthropod plant pests

M Ashfaq, PDN Hebert - Genome, 2016 - cdnsciencepub.com
Many of the arthropod species that are important pests of agriculture and forestry are
impossible to discriminate morphologically throughout all of their life stages. Some cannot …

Host Plant Association and Distribution of the Onion Thrips, Thrips tabaci Cryptic Species Complex

RC Loredo Varela, J Fail - Insects, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Onion thrips, Thrips tabaci Lindeman, 1889, is a key insect pest of several
cultivated plant species around the world. Current genetic evidence suggests the existence …

DNA Barcoding studies on Thrips in India: Cryptic species and Species complexes

K Tyagi, V Kumar, D Singha, K Chandra, BA Laskar… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Thrips are one of the major sucking pest and vector of plant viruses causing huge economic
loss in agriculture. The accurate identification of thrips is crucial for effective pest …

DNA barcoding: a reliable method for the identification of thrips species (Thysanoptera, Thripidae) collected on sticky traps in onion fields

R Marullo, F Mercati, G Vono - Insects, 2020 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Thrips species (Insecta, Thysanoptera) identification using traditional
approach is not an easy. In the present study, DNA barcoding was used to support the thrips …

A rapid field-based assay using recombinase polymerase amplification for identification of Thrips palmi, a vector of tospoviruses

Priti, S Jangra, VK Baranwal, RG Dietzgen… - Journal of pest science, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Thrips palmi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is an important pest of vegetables,
ornamentals, and legumes worldwide. Besides damage caused by feeding, it transmits …

Genetics of Thrips palmi (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)

A Ghosh, SS Jagdale, Basavaraj, RG Dietzgen… - Journal of Pest …, 2020 - Springer
Melon thrips (Thrips palmi) is the principal insect pest of vegetable and ornamental plants
worldwide. In addition to inflicting feeding injuries on host plants, they act as vectors of …

Frontiers approaches to the diagnosis of thrips (thysanoptera): how effective are the molecular and electronic detection platforms?

A Ghosh, S Jangra, RG Dietzgen, WB Yeh - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Thrips are important agricultural and forest pests. They cause damage by
sucking plant sap and transmitting several plant viruses. Correct identification is the key for …

A DNA barcode survey of insect biodiversity in Pakistan

M Ashfaq, AM Khan, A Rasool, S Akhtar, N Nazir… - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Although Pakistan has rich biodiversity, many groups are poorly known, particularly insects.
To address this gap, we employed DNA barcoding to survey its insect diversity. Specimens …

Assembling a DNA barcode reference library for the spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Pakistan

M Ashfaq, G Blagoev, HM Tahir, AM Khan… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Morphological study of 1,795 spiders from sites across Pakistan placed these specimens in
27 families and 202 putative species. COI sequences> 400 bp recovered from 1,782 …

Phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of Thrips tabaci Lindeman (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) on Allium host in India

T Gawai, S Sadawarte, K Khandagale, A Raj… - PeerJ, 2024 - peerj.com
Background Onion thrips (Thrips tabaci) is a complex of cryptic species with subtle
morphological differences and distinct genetic backgrounds; thus, species identification …