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Genetic diversity among Rhynchophorus ferrugineus populations from Saudi Arabia and India
Other Title(s)
التنوع الجيني لعشائر سوسة النخيل الحمراء (Rhynchophorus ferrugineus) من المملكة العربية السعودية و الهند
Joint Authors
al-Ajlan, Abd Aziz
Faleiro, Juzif
al-Hudayb, Khalid Abd Allah
Source
Scientific Journal of King Faisal University : Basic and Applied Sciences
Issue
Vol. 19, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2018), pp.57-64, 8 p.
Publisher
Publication Date
2018-06-30
Country of Publication
Saudi Arabia
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The red palm weevil (R.
ferrugineus), Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), is a great threat to the Saudi date palm Phoenix dactylifera L., which is the most important crop of Saudi Arabia.
More than 400 date palm verities are grown with 25 of them classified as the most common.
R.
ferrugineus attacks coconut in India, therefore, the objective of this work was to assess possibility of classifinging indian R.
ferrugineus as the source of infection in Saudi Arabia using PCR technique to determine the relationship between genetic variation of R.
ferrugineus was determined for two populations: one from Saudi Arabia on date palm and the other from India on coconut.
R.
ferrugineus adults were collected from Alhasa (Saudi Arabia) and Goa (India) using insecticide free, food-baited pheromone (FerrolureTM) traps in both plantations.
The weevils were subjected to genomic DNA extraction using molecular techniques to perform the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), subsequent transformation, and extraction of recombinant plasmids and cloning for nucleotide sequencing.
Results revealed that sequence identity were identical (99-100%), whereas the two populations were 96-97% identical.
The sequence showed that R.
ferrugineus populations from Saudi Arabia and India were likely to be from different geographical regions; suggesting that R.
ferrugineus population in Saudi Arabia is not from India.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Hudayb, Khalid Abd Allah& al-Ajlan, Abd Aziz& Faleiro, Juzif. 2018. Genetic diversity among Rhynchophorus ferrugineus populations from Saudi Arabia and India. Scientific Journal of King Faisal University : Basic and Applied Sciences،Vol. 19, no. 1, pp.57-64.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-908333
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Hudayb, Khalid Abd Allah…[et al.]. Genetic diversity among Rhynchophorus ferrugineus populations from Saudi Arabia and India. Scientific Journal of King Faisal University : Basic and Applied Sciences Vol. 19, no. 1 (Jun. 2018), pp.57-64.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-908333
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Hudayb, Khalid Abd Allah& al-Ajlan, Abd Aziz& Faleiro, Juzif. Genetic diversity among Rhynchophorus ferrugineus populations from Saudi Arabia and India. Scientific Journal of King Faisal University : Basic and Applied Sciences. 2018. Vol. 19, no. 1, pp.57-64.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-908333
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
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Record ID
BIM-908333