Open AccessFirst Report of B‐Biotype Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in Australia
Author(s) -
GUNNING ROBIN V.,
BYRNE FRANK J.,
CONDÉ BARRY D.,
CONNELLY MEGAN I.,
HERGSTROM KAYE,
DEVONSHIRE ALAN L.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
australian journal of entomology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1440-6055
pISSN - 1326-6756
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1995.tb01298.x
Subject(s) - hemiptera , biology , whitefly , esterase , botany , horticulture , veterinary medicine , agronomy , enzyme , medicine , biochemistry
B‐type Bemisia tabaci was detected in Australia for the first time in October 1994. the insects were identified by esterase isoenzyme patterns. the initial identifications were made in B. tabaci collected from a rockmelon crop in Darwin (N.T.) and in a Tamworth (N.S.W.) plant nursery.