To analyze the genetic differentiation of the host- and geo-populations of Liriomyza sativae Blanchard, the β-tubulin gene of 5 host-populations and 6 geo-populations of L. sativae was sequenced. Subsequently, the sequences were analyzed by biosoftware DNAStar and MEGA, and the phylogenetic trees constructed. The results obtained by the two softwares were similar, that is, the sequences of β-tubulin gene were more than 98% homologous, among the host- and geo-populations of L. sativae, with only 8 variable sites, but no insertions and deletions were detected. It seems that differentiations in β-tubulin gene among the host- and geo-populations of L. sativae are related to the hobby to hosts and the geographical distributions, respectively.
In this study, partial sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase subunit I （mtDNA-COI） gene and the ribosomal internal transcribed spacer 1 （rDNA-ITS 1） gene, isolated from five artificial populations of Liriomyza sativae （Diptera： Agromyzidae）, were sequenced and compared, to analyze their genetic variation. Analysis of the mtDNA-CO1 gene showed that a low genetic variation was detected among the five populations and only five variable sites were found in the nucleotide sequences. Most of the observed variations that occurred within the populations were because of nucleotide transitions, whereas, the interpopulation variation was because of the differences in haplotype frequencies occurring among the host populations. Analysis of the rDNA-ITS1 gene revealed a small diversity in the five host populations. The trend of genetic differentiation in the host populations was consistent with the preference of L. sativae to the plant hosts.
WANG Li-pingDU Yu-zhoutHE Ya-tingZHENG Fu-shanLU Zi-qiang
