Çanakkale’de yeşil kurt Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) popülasyonun genetik çeşitliliği

The cotton bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a commonly known polyphagous pest in agricultural areas all over the world. It has been major causing significant damages by reducing tomato fruit production and quality since 1913 Turkey. objective of study was to evaluate genetic diversity phylogenetic relationship H. based on mitochondrial COI gene. Infested tomatoes with larvae were collected from Çanakkale province (14 location), Balıkesir (1 location) Bursa August September 2017 2018. Larvae representing for each location (n=3) used genomic DNA isolation. partial gene (536 bp) amplified PCR products sequenced directly. numbers haplotypes mutations estimated using DnaSP. Genetic relationships between population evaluated UPGMA method MEGA X program. As result, we identified 13 tested 45 samples. Additionally, 9 private detected among population. Analyses revealed that sampled different geographic established as two distinct groups. first group comprised 12 (Çanakkale population) while second consisted only 1 haplotype (Bursa population). presented attempt detect molecular characterization bollworm