eng Oriental Scientific Publishing Company Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia 0973-1245 2016-12-22 13 4 2337 2342 10.13005/bbra/2403 17439 article Tahseen R. Hashmi 1,2 D. Dey 1 Salam Rita Devi 1 Ajit Varma 2 Ram Prasad 2 Division of Entomology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi- 110012, India. Amity Institute of Microbial Technology, Amity University, Uttar Pradesh- 201313, India. Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus L.), is an important crop cultivated in Brazil, southern USA and India for its long, numerous seeded pods, used as a vegetable. A study was carried out to spot the dispersal frequency of bacterial endosymbionts and the genetic group of Bemisia tabaci feeding on okra plants, collected from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India. The B. tabaci samples were examined based on mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase I sequences and settle down along with Asia II 1 population. Dispersal frequency of seven known endosymbionts namely Portiera, Rickettsia, Wolbachia, Cardinium, Fritschea, Hamiltonella and Arsenophonus were documented. The primary endosymbiont, Portiera aleyrodidarum was present in all the studied samples and a disparity was noted in the dispersal frequency of secondary endosymbionts. The statistics of irregular dispersal of secondary endosymbionts and the genetic group of B. tabaci delivers the elementary data of this notorious pest for advance studies on the control measures of this insect pest over okra plantation. https://www.biotech-asia.org/vol13no4/records-on-associated-endosymbionts-and-genetic-group-of-bemisia-tabaci-gennadius-feeding-on-okra/ Bemisia tabaci; genetic group; vegetable; endosymbionts