Hostname: page-component-8448b6f56d-c47g7 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-04-23T12:41:59.561Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Distribution and dynamics of Bemisia tabaci invasive biotypes in central China

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2010

Q. Rao ,
C. Luo ,
H. Zhang ,
X. Guo  and
G.J. Devine
Q. Rao
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Institute of Urban Horticultural Pests, and Hubei Key Laboratory of Insect Resource Application and Sustainable Pest Control, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture & Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
C. Luo*
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture & Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
H. Zhang*
Affiliation:
State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Institute of Urban Horticultural Pests, and Hubei Key Laboratory of Insect Resource Application and Sustainable Pest Control, College of Plant Science and Technology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China
X. Guo
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant and Environmental Protection, Beijing Academy of Agriculture & Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, China
G.J. Devine
Affiliation:
Plant and Invertebrate Ecology Department, Rothamsted Research, Harpenden, Herts AL5 2JQ, UK
*
*Authors for correspondence Fax: +8627 87396057 (H. Zhang); +8610 51503899 (C. Luo) E-mail: hongyu.zhang@mail.hzau.edu.cn; luochen1010@yahoo.com.cn
*Authors for correspondence Fax: +8627 87396057 (H. Zhang); +8610 51503899 (C. Luo) E-mail: hongyu.zhang@mail.hzau.edu.cn; luochen1010@yahoo.com.cn
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

The tobacco whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius), causes severe crop losses in many agricultural systems. The worst of these losses are often associated with the invasion and establishment of specific whitefly biotypes. In a comprehensive survey of biotypes present in central China between 2005 and 2007, we obtained 191 samples of B. tabaci from 19 districts in Hubei province and its surrounds. Biotypes were identified by RAPD-PCR and by sequencing the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I gene (mtCO1). We determined that these central Chinese haplotypes included the world's two most invasive B. tabaci biotypes (B and Q) and two indigenous biotypes (ZHJ1 and ZHJ3). The B biotype shared >99.7% identity with other Chinese B biotypes and the Q biotype shared >99.5% of its identity with Q samples from the Mediterranean, USA, Africa and East Asia. By 2007, the Q biotype was dominant over much of Hubei province and appeared to be supplanting all other biotypes, although both the invasive and indigenous biotypes existed in sympatry in some regions. The invasion and rapid establishment of the Q biotype in China mirrors events elsewhere in the world, and we suggest that this is a consequence of its reproductive isolation, its polyphagous nature and its broad-spectrum resistance to insecticides. Its dominance has severe implications for the sustainability of some insecticide groups and for the production of a number of crops.

Keywords

Bemisiabiotypesdiagnosticsinvasions
Type
Research Paper
Information
Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 101 , Issue 1 , February 2011 , pp. 81 - 88
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

References

Abdullahi, I., Atiri, G.I., Thottappilly, G. & Winter, S. (2004) Discrimination of cassava-associated Bemisia tabaci in Africa from polyphagous populations, by PCR-RFLP of the internal transcribed spacer regions of ribosomal DNA. Journal of Applied Entomology 128, 81–87.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bellows, T.S., Perring, T.M., Gill, R.J. & Headrick, D.H. (1994) Description of a species of Bemisia (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87, 195–206.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Boykin, L.M., Shatters, R.G. Jr, Rosell, R.C., McKenzie, C.L., Bagnall, R.A., De Barro, P.J. & Frohlich, D.R. (2007) Global relationships of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) revealed using Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial CO1 DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44, 1306–1319.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Brown, J.K., Frohlich, D.R. & Rosell, R.C. (1995a) The sweetpotato or silverleaf whiteflies: biotypes of Bemisia tabaci or a species complex? Annual Review of Entomology 40, 511–534.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Brown, J.K., Coats, S., Frohlich, D.R., Bedford, I.D. & Markham, P.G. (1995b) Characterization and distribution of esterase electromorphs in the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Genn.) (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae). Biochemical Genetics 33, 205–214.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Brown, J.K., Perring, T.M., Cooper, A.D., Bedford, I.D. & Markham, P.G. (2000) Genetic analysis of Bemisia (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) populations by isoelectric focusing electrophoresis. Biochemical Genetics 38, 13–25.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Byrne, D.N., Bellows, T.S. & Parrella, M.P. (1990) Whiteflies in agricultural systems. pp. 227–262 in Gerling, D. (Ed.) Whiteflies: their Bionomics, Pest Status and Management. Intercept, Andover, UK.Google Scholar
Cervera, M.T., Cabezas, J.A., Simón, B., Martínez-Zapater, J.M., Beitia, F. & Cenis, J.L. (2000) Genetic relationships among biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) based on AFLP analysis. Bulletin of Entomological Research 90, 391–396.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Chu, D., Chen, G.F., Xu, B.Y., Wu, Q.J. & Zhang, Y.J. (2007) RAPD analysis of population genetic structure of Bemisia tabaci biotype B and biotype Q. Acta Enotomologica Sinica 50, 264–270.Google Scholar
Chu, D., Wan, F.H., Tao, Y.L., Liu, G.X., Fan, Z.X. & Bi, Y.P. (2008) Genetic differentiation of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) biotype Q based on mitochondrial DNA markers. Insect Science 15, 115–123.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Costa, H.S. & Brown, J.K. (1991) Variation in biological characteristics and esterase patterns among populations of Bemisia tabaci, and the association of one population with silverleaf symptom induction. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 61, 211–219.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dalmon, A., Halkett, F., Granier, M., Delatte, H. & Peterschmitt, M. (2008) Genetic structure of the invasive pest Bemisia tabaci: evidence of limited but persistent genetic differentiation in glasshouse populations. Heredity 100, 316–325.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
De Barro, P.J. & Driver, J.F. (1997) Use of RAPD-PCR to distinguish the B biotype from other biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Gennathus) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Australian Journal of Entomology 36, 149–152.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
De Barro, P.J., Driver, F., Trueman, J.W.H. & Curran, J. (2000) Phylogenetic relationships of world populations of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) using ribosomal ITS1. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 16, 29–36.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Delatte, H., Reynaud, B., Granier, M., Thornary, L., Lett, J.M., Goldbach, R. & Peterschmitt, M. (2005) A new silverleaf-inducing biotype Ms of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) indigenous to the islands of the south-west Indian Ocean. Bulletin of Entomological Research 95, 29–35.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dinsdale, A., Cook, L., Riginos, C., Buckley, Y.M. & De Barro, P. (2010) Refined Global Analysis of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodoidea: Aleyrodidae) Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase 1 to Identify Species Level Genetic Boundaries. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 103, 196–208.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Feng, L.X., Yang, Y.H., Xie, B.Y. & Yang, C.R. (2001) Likely epidermics of virus diseases in vegetable crops caused by outbreaks of Bemisia tabaci. China Vegetables 2, 34–35.Google Scholar
Frohlich, D.R., Torres-Jerez, I., Bedford, I.D., Markham, P.G. & Brown, J.K. (1999) A phylogeographical analysis of the Bemisia tabaci species complex based on mitochondrial DNA markers. Molecular Ecology 8, 1683–1691.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Gawel, N.J. & Bartlett, A.C. (1993) Characterization of differences between whiteflies using RAPD-PCR. Insect Molecular Biology 2, 33–38.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Horowitz, A.R., Gorman, K., Ross, G. & Denholm, I. (2003) Inheritance of Pyriproxyfen Resistance in the Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Q Biotype). Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 54, 177–186.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Horowitz, A.R., Kontsedalov, S., Khasdan, V. & Ishaaya, I. (2005) Biotypes B and Q of Bemisia tabaci and their relevance to neonicotinoid and pyriproxyfen resistance. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology 58, 216–225.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Horowitz, R., Kontsedalov, S., Khasdan, V., Breslauer, H. & Ishaaya, I. (2008) The biotypes B and Q of Bemisia tabaci in Israel-Distribution, resistance to insecticides and implications for pest management. Journal of Insect Science 8, 23–24.Google Scholar
Hsieh, C.H., Wang, C.H. & Ko, C.C. (2007) Evidence from molecular markers and population genetic analyses suggests recent invasions of the western north pacific region by biotypes B and Q of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). Environmental Entomology 36, 952–961.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Karunker, I., Benting, J., Lueke, B., Ponge, T., Nauen, R., Roditakis, E., Vontas, J., Gorman, K., Denholm, I. & Morin, S. (2008) Over-expression of cytochrome P450 CYP6CM1 is associated with high resistance to imidacloprid in the B and Q biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 38, 634–644.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Kumar, S., Tamura, K. & Nei, M. (2004) MEGA3: Integrated software for molecular evolutionary genetic analysis and sequence alignment. Briefings in Bioinformatics 5, 150–163.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Liu, S.S., De Barro, P.J., Xu, J., Luan, J.B., Zang, L.S., Ruan, Y.M. & Wan, F.H. (2007) Asymmetric mating interactions drive widespread invasion and displacement in a whitefly. Science 318, 1769–1772.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Luo, C. & Zhang, Z.L. (2000) Study progress on Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius). Beijing Agricultural Science (China) 18(Suppl.), 4–13.Google Scholar
Luo, C., Yao, Y., Wang, R.J., Yan, F.M., Hu, D.X. & Zhang, Z.L. (2002) The use of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I (mt CO1) sequences for identification biotype of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) in China. Acta Enotomologica Sinica 45, 759–763.Google Scholar
Luo, C., Jones, C.M., Zhang, F., Denholm, I., Gorman, K. (2010) Insecticide-resistance in Bemisia tabaci biotype-Q from China. Crop Protection 29, 429–434.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ma, D.Y., Gorman, K., Devine, G., Luo, W.C. & Denholm, I. (2007) The biotype and insecticide-resistance status of whiteflies, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae), invading cropping systems in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, northwestern China. Crop Protection 26, 612–617.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Muniz, M. & Gloria, N. (2001) Differential variation in development of the B and Q biotypes of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) on sweet pepper at constant temperatures. Environmental Entomology 30, 720–727.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Nombela, G., Beitia, F. & Muniz, M. (2001) A differential interaction study of Bemisia tabaci Q-biotype on commercial tomato varieties with or without the mi resistance gene, and comparative host responses with the B-biotype. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 98, 339–344.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Oliveira, M.R.V., Henneberry, T.J. & Anderson, P. (2001) History, current status, and collaborative research projects for Bemisia tabaci. Crop Protection 20, 709–723.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Perring, T.M. (2001) The Bemisia tabaci species complex. Crop Protection 20, 725–737.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Perring, T.M., Cooper, A.D., Rodriguez, R.J., Farrar, C.A. & Bellows, T.S. Jr (1993) Identification of a whitefly species by genomic and behavioral studies. Science 259, 74–77.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Qiu, B.L., Ren, S.X., Wen, S.Y. & Mandour, N.S. (2003) Biotype identification of the populations of Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in China using RAPD-PCR. Acta Enotomologica Sinica 46, 605–608.Google Scholar
Rekha, A.R., Maruthi, M.N., Muniyappa, V. & Colvin, J. (2005) Occurrence of three genotypic clusters of Bemisia tabaci and the rapid spread of the B biotype in south India. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 117, 221–233.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Simon, C., Frati, F., Beckenbach, A., Crespi, B., Lui, H. & Flook, P. (1994) Evolution, weighting, and phylogenetic utility of mitochondirial gene sequences and a compilation of conserved polymerase chain reaction ‘primers’. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 87, 651–701.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Sseruwagi, P., Legg, J.P., Maruthi, M.N., Colvin, J., Rey, M.E.C. & Brown, J.K. (2005) Genetic diversity of Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) populations and presence of the B biotype and a non-B biotype that can induce silverleaf symptoms in squash, in Uganda. The Annals of Applied Biology 147, 253–265.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Thompson, J.D., Gibson, T.J., Plewniak, F., Jeanmougin, F. & Higgins, D.G. (1997) The ClustalX windows interface: flexible strategies for multiple sequence alignment aided by quality analysis tools. Nucleic Acids Research 24, 4876–4882.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Yokomi, R.K., Hoelmer, K.A. & Osborne, L.S. (1990) Relationship between the sweetpotato whitefly and the squash silverleaf disorder. Phytopathology 80, 895–900.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Zang, L.S., Liu, S.S., Liu, Y.Q., Ruan, Y.M. & Wan, F.H. (2005a) Competition between the B biotype and non-B biotype of the whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) in Zhejiang, China. Chinese Biodiversity 13, 181–187.Google Scholar
Zang, L.S., Liu, S.S., Liu, Y.Q. & Chen, W.Q. (2005b) A comparative study on the morphological and biological characteristics of the B biotype and a non-B biotype (China-ZHJ-1) of Bemisia tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) from Zhejiang, China. Acta Enotomologica Sinica 48, 742–748.Google Scholar
Zang, L.S., Jiang, T., Xu, J., Liu, S.S. & Zhang, Y.J. (2006) SCAR molecular markers of the B biotype and two non-B populations of the whitefly, Bemisia tabaci (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae). Journal of Agricultural Biotechnology 14, 208–212.Google Scholar
Zhang, L.P., Zhang, Y.J., Zhang, W.J., Wu, Q.J., Xu, B.Y. & Chu, D. (2005) Analysis of genetic diversity among different geographical populations and determination of biotypes of Bemisia tabaci in China. Journal of Applied Entomology 129, 121–128.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Zhou, G.Z. & Dong, C.S. (2006) Investigation on the occurrence and damage of Bemisia tabaci on vegetable in Hubei. Hubei Plant Protection(China) 2, 19–20.Google Scholar