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Species identification of Cecidophyopsis mites (Acari: Eriophyidae) from different Ribes species and countries using molecular genetics
Author(s) -
FENTON B.,
MALLOCH G.,
JONES A. T.,
AMRINE J. W.,
GORDON S. C.,
A'HARA S.,
MCGAVIN W. J.,
BIRCH A. N. E.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-294x.1995.tb00231.x
Subject(s) - ribes , eriophyidae , biology , mite , acari , botany , saxifragaceae
Cecidophyopsis mites were studied by PCR amplification of parts of their ribosomal DNA, followed by restriction enzyme analysis. Mite specimens on Ribes nigrum (black currant) from six countries gave the same digestion pattern, which was distinct from the pattern for mites found on R. rubrum from Poland and Finland and for R. grossularia from the USA. This suggests that each Ribes species is host to a different mite species: C. ribis, C. selachodon and C. grossulariae , respectively. Two other mite samples from R. alpinum and R. aureum were identical but were distinct from each of the other species.