Identification and eradication of insect pests

A kit for identifying B. tabaci biotype Asia 1 comprising at least one of:

• (a) means for detecting nucleotide T at the 111, 420, 444, 708, 729, 948, 963, 1189, 1647, 1803, 1822, 1986 or 2049 position of SEQ ID NO:
• 1
• (b) means for detecting nucleotide A at the 1185, 1707, 1822 or 1903 position of SEQ ID NO:
• 1
• (c) means for detecting nucleotide C at the 129 or 741 position of SEQ ID NO:
• 1
• (d) means for detecting the presence of a protein derived from the polypeptide sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 2, SEQ ID NO:
• 4, SEQ ID NO:
• 6 or SEQ ID NO:
• 8.

An antibody or fragment thereof which specifically binds to a polypeptide, the polypeptide comprising:

• at least 10 contiguous amino acids from the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 2, SEQ ID NO:
• 4, SEQ ID NO:
• 6 or SEQ ID NO:
• 8, or an immunogenic fragment of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:
• 2, SEQ ID NO:
• 4, SEQ ID NO:
• 6 or SEQ ID NO:
• 8.

A method of screening a library of molecules or compounds to identify a ligand which binds the polynucleotide of one or more of SEQ ID NO:

• 2, SEQ ID NO:
• 4, SEQ ID NO:
• 6 or SEQ ID NO:
• 8, comprising detecting hybridisation complexes.