Monitoring of the Apple Fruit Moth: Detection of Genetic Variation and Structure Applying a Novel Multiplex Set of 19 STR Markers

• Published in: Molecules
• Main Authors: Elameen, Abdelhameed, Eiken, Hans Geir, Fløystad, Ida, Knudsen, Geir, Hagen, Snorre B.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI 2018
• Subjects: Article; Malus; Norway; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6017289/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29642498; https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23040850

The apple fruit moth Argyresthia conjugella (Lepidoptera, Yponomeutidae) is a seed predator of rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) and is distributed in Europe and Asia. In Fennoscandia (Finland, Norway and Sweden), rowan fruit production is low every 2–4 years, and apple (Malus domestica) functions as an alte...