Abstract
Members of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci species complex cause millions of dollars of damage globally and are considered one of the world's most invasive species. They are capable of causing extensive damage to major vegetable, grain legume and fiber crops. All member of the species complex are morphologically identical therefore, data from the partial mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I (mtCOI) gene sequence has been used to identify the various species. The current reference dataset that is widely used is found on the CSIRO data portal. However, the reference set stored on the CSIRO data does not include newly added sequences (2013-2017), therefore an updated reference dataset is needed. All mtCOI data for the Bemisia tabaci species complex were downloaded on 22 May 2017 from GenBank and after quality checking, a dataset of 1,071 unique sequences and 696 base pairs was generated (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5437420.v1).
Highlights
Members of the Bemisia tabaci species complex are among the world’s most devastating insect pests and cause billions of dollars (US) of damage each year, leaving farmers in the developing world food insecure (De Barro et al, 2011)
As a species complex with at least 34 members, identification is based on the use of the 657 bp portion of the 3’ end of the mitochondrial COI (Boykin et al, 2012, Boykin et al, 2013)
In 2012, a reference mitochondrial COI (mtCOI) dataset was made available on the CSIRO data portal (De Barro & Boykin, 2012)
Summary
2. Sharad Saurabh, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow, India Manisha Mishra , CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India. Any reports and responses or comments on the article can be found at the end of the article. This article is included in the Agriculture, Food and Nutrition gateway
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