MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF CUCURBIT FLY Dacus ciliatus (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) INFEST CUCURBITACEAE FAMILY BASED ON MITOCHONDRIAL GENE IN KURDISTAN REGION- IRAQ

  • GEHAN HAJI MARONSY Dept. of Plant Protection, College of Agricultural Engineering Sciences, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
  • Shamal Abdullah Al-Muffti Dept. of Biology,College of Science,University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region-Iraq
Keywords: Fruit flies, Tephritidea, Dacini, Molecular, Mitochonderial DNA

Abstract

Fruit fly hosts survey was carried out in many villages at three provinces (Duhok, Erbil and Sulaimaniyah /Kurdistan region, Iraq) during period 15/9-1/12/2017 and 15/5-30/9/2018. Ethiopian fruit fly Dacus ciliates (Loew) which belongs to the genus Dacus, family Tephritidae, order Diptera were found infesting most vegetables like cucubitaceae and some of fruit trees like fig. For molecular identification, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification technique was used to amplify a single or a few copies of a pieces of DNA to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence. For rearing this pest, damaged fruits were collected and kept in a round cages galvanized by sieves cloth (35 cm diameter, 40 cm hight), containing a layer of 3 cm soil to facilitate pupation

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Published
2020-06-01
How to Cite
HAJI MARONSY, G., & Abdullah Al-Muffti, S. (2020). MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION OF CUCURBIT FLY Dacus ciliatus (DIPTERA: TEPHRITIDAE) INFEST CUCURBITACEAE FAMILY BASED ON MITOCHONDRIAL GENE IN KURDISTAN REGION- IRAQ. Journal of Duhok University, 22(2), 229-238. https://doi.org/10.26682/ajuod.2019.22.2.22
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Agriculture and Veterinary Science