Correa, M.C.G., Palero, F., Malausa, T., Crochard, D., Zaviezo, T., & Lombaert, E. 2019 European bridgehead effect in the worldwide invasion of the obscure mealybug. Biological invasions 21:123–136

Keywords:

  • dispersal
  • ecology
  • genetics
  • Notes: The obscure mealybug, Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret, 1875), is an important agricultural pest native to South America that infests fruit crops worldwide. The genetic diversity and structure of P. viburni samples collected around the globe was investigated here, and the most likely invasion routes were inferred using state-of-the-art population genetics methods