Iranian Journal of Plant Protection Science

Iranian Journal of Plant Protection Science

Morphological variation in populations of the common pistachio psyllid, Agonoscena pistaceae (Hemiptera: Aphalaridae) in Kerman and Khorasan Razavi provinces

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
Mohammadreza Mostafavi 1
Mohammadreza Lashkari 2
Saeid Iranmanesh 2
Seyed Mozafar Mansouri 2
1 Former M.Sc. Student, Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran
2 Assistant Professor, Department of Biodiversity, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran
10.22059/ijpps.2017.229696.1006770
Abstract
The common pistachio psyllid, Agonoscena pistaciae Burckhardt & Lauterer (Hem.: Aphalaridae), is one of the most important pests of pistachio trees in Iran and Middle East. Little is known about the morphological variation of the geographic populations of the common pistachio psyllid in Iran, especially in Kerman province as the main pistachio production province. In order to prepare more information on the morphological variation of this pest, different populations were collected from some main producing areas of pistachio in Iran, including Kerman and Khorasan Razavi provinces in 2016; and wing shape geometry of them was investigated using the geometric morphometric method. The results showed a significant difference in wing shape between the population of Khorasan Razavi Province and all of the populations from Kerman province. The results indicated a significant difference in the centroid size among the populations. Also, wing size was smaller in psyllid population from Ravar compared to other populations. Furthermore, narrower wing shape was found in psyllid populations from Khorasan Razavi province. In the studied populations, in spite of the allometric growth, significant shape differences still remain in constant size which may indicate the genetic basis of the variation rather than environmental factors. Moreover, links between morphological (in the present study) and molecular data (in the other studies) revealed.
Keywords
Allometry
wing shape
wing size
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Iranian Journal of Plant Protection Science
Volume 48, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
February 2018
Pages 197-205

  • Receive Date 13 March 2017
  • Revise Date 29 August 2017
  • Accept Date 18 December 2017