Sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer 2 (Its2) region of rdna for identifying trichogramma species and evaluating genetic diversity

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Species of Trichogramma Westwood, 1833 (Hymenoptera: Trichogrammtidae) are frequently used as biological control agents against Lepidoptera, but practical application of these egg endoparasitoids are complicated because of their complex taxonomy. This study aimed to compare sequences of internal transcribed spacer regions of ribosomal DNA (ITS2-rDNA) of Trichogramma accessions with those deposited in GenBank in order to access the reliability of the ITS2 as a barcode for discriminating species and evaluating the genetic diversity. ITS2-rDNA sequences obtained from seventeen specimens of Trichogramma confirmed previous identifications based on morphological characteristics. Multiple sequence alignment revealed the existence of highly conserved regions in ITS2 sequences while the neighbour-joining dendrogram indicated that the specimens formed three clusters comprising T. manicobai and T. marandobai (group I), T. galloi (group II) and T. pretiosum (group III). The ITS2 marker was shown to be a powerful DNA barcode for discriminating Trichogramma species and could be used to complement the morphological approach.

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Viana, J. B. V., Querino, R. B., Carvalho, L. C. B., & Lima, P. S. C. (2021). Sequence analysis of the internal transcribed spacer 2 (Its2) region of rdna for identifying trichogramma species and evaluating genetic diversity. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 81(4), 928–933. https://doi.org/10.1590/1519-6984.232362

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