the X EurAAc Symposium, Athens, Greece, 2 - 06 September 2024, pp.21
Amblyseius swirskii is one of the most important
Phytoseiidae mites commercialized worldwide
for the control of mites and small insect pests.
The study aims to (i) investigate genetic
variation among seven populations collected
from different locations and crops (cotton,
orange) in Turkey and (ii) compare them with
commercial populations, based on 12S rRNA and
Cytb mitochondrial DNA sequences. The mean
genetic distances among the Turkish
populations were very low (0.7% for 12S rRNA
and 0.9% for Cytb mtDNA), ranging from 0 to
2.8% and 0 to 1.5%, respectively. The two
phylogenetic trees show two distinct groups
containing the same samples for the two
fragments.