Simplified rapid differentiation of Liriomyza chinensis Kato (Diptera; Agromyzidae) genotypes A and B using PCR‐RFLP

Abstract

The stone leek leafminer Liriomyza chinensis damages economically important crops of the Allium genus, such as Welsh onion, Japanese bunching onion (JBO) (Allium fistulosum), common onion (A. cepa), Chinese chive (A. tuberosum) and rakkyou (A. chinense) (Tokumaru, 2019). The larvae of L. chinensis are known to cause damage by mining the mesophyll tissues, and adults also feed and lay eggs on the leaves (Okazaki & Aida, 1951;Tokumaru, 2016). These characteristics decelerate the growth and deteriorate the quality of