Can facultative parthenogenesis occur in biparental mealybug species? |
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| Authors: | Elsa Borges da Silva Zvi Mendel José Carlos Franco |
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| Institution: | 1.Departamento de Protec??o de Plantas e de Fitoecologia, Instituto Superior de Agronomia,Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (ISA/UTL),Lisbon,Portugal;2.Centro de Estudos Florestais, ISA/UTL,Lisbon,Portugal;3.Department of Entomology, Agricultural Research Organization,The Volcani Center,Bet Dagan,Israel |
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| Abstract: | The existence of facultative parthenogenesis in mealybugs has been reported by different authors and questioned by others
in relation to certain species. We tested the hypothesis of facultative parthenogenesis in relation to three mealybug species,
Planococcus citri (Risso), Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell) and Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret). The results suggest that these mealybug species are obligate amphimictic. |
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