author(s)
PN Harathi, P Raja Sekhar, KV Hari Prasad, BV Bhaskar Reddy and B Ravindra Reddy

abstract
Rapid Amplified Polymorphic Primers were used to assess the genetic diversity of gall midge population across Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. Three distinct groups were obtained in the cluster analysis, performed by the UN weighted pair-group method (UPGMA). The Gall midge population in Chittoor showed a closer genetic relation with the gall midge population from Nellore with a similarity coefficient of 0.75, while the population from Warangal was placed in second cluster. The population from Jagtial was placed in separate cluster indicating that it is distantly related to the gall midge populations in other two clusters.