BioControlPub Date : 2023-12-06DOI: 10.1007/s10526-023-10231-4
Clarke J. M. van Steenderen, GF Sutton, Liam D. Yell, K. Canavan, A. McConnachie, Michael D. Day, Iain D. Paterson
{"title":"Phylogenetic analyses reveal multiple new stem-boring Tetramesa taxa (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae): implications for the biological control of invasive African grasses","authors":"Clarke J. M. van Steenderen, GF Sutton, Liam D. Yell, K. Canavan, A. McConnachie, Michael D. Day, Iain D. Paterson","doi":"10.1007/s10526-023-10231-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-023-10231-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8878,"journal":{"name":"BioControl","volume":"22 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138595393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioControlPub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1007/s10526-023-10230-5
John Gaskin
{"title":"Recent contributions of molecular population genetic and phylogenetic studies to classic biological control of weeds","authors":"John Gaskin","doi":"10.1007/s10526-023-10230-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-023-10230-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8878,"journal":{"name":"BioControl","volume":"199 s679","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138621457","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioControlPub Date : 2023-11-29DOI: 10.1007/s10526-023-10232-3
A. Mouratidis, Elías Marrero-Díaz, Begoña Sánchez-Álvarez, E. Hernández-Suárez, G. Messelink
{"title":"Preventive releases of phytoseiid and anthocorid predators provided with supplemental food successfully control Scirtothrips in strawberry","authors":"A. Mouratidis, Elías Marrero-Díaz, Begoña Sánchez-Álvarez, E. Hernández-Suárez, G. Messelink","doi":"10.1007/s10526-023-10232-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-023-10232-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8878,"journal":{"name":"BioControl","volume":"23 1","pages":"603-615"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139213221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioControlPub Date : 2023-11-17DOI: 10.1007/s10526-023-10225-2
Simon V. Fowler, R. Groenteman, Q. Paynter
{"title":"The highs and the lows: a cost benefit analysis of classical weed biocontrol in New Zealand","authors":"Simon V. Fowler, R. Groenteman, Q. Paynter","doi":"10.1007/s10526-023-10225-2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-023-10225-2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8878,"journal":{"name":"BioControl","volume":"36 6","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139264000","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioControlPub Date : 2023-11-16DOI: 10.1007/s10526-023-10223-4
Takeshi Shimoda, Yoshitake Kagawa, K. Yara, Ryuji Uesugi
{"title":"Influence of temperature on the release of predatory mites from breeding and sheltered sachets","authors":"Takeshi Shimoda, Yoshitake Kagawa, K. Yara, Ryuji Uesugi","doi":"10.1007/s10526-023-10223-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-023-10223-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8878,"journal":{"name":"BioControl","volume":"65 1","pages":"591-601"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139266799","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioControlPub Date : 2023-11-14DOI: 10.1007/s10526-023-10222-5
Jana Uthoff, Desiree Jakobs-Schönwandt, Jan Henrik Schmidt, Johannes Hallmann, Karl-Josef Dietz, Anant Patel
{"title":"Biological enhancement of the cover crop Phacelia tanacetifolia (Boraginaceae) with the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia to control the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla in a succeeding tomato plant","authors":"Jana Uthoff, Desiree Jakobs-Schönwandt, Jan Henrik Schmidt, Johannes Hallmann, Karl-Josef Dietz, Anant Patel","doi":"10.1007/s10526-023-10222-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-023-10222-5","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Root-knot nematodes cause global economic losses in a wide range of crops. We investigated the potential of seed coatings of the cover crop Phacelia tanacetifolia (Boraginaceae) when inoculated with the nematophagous fungus Pochonia chlamydosporia (Hypocreales: Clavicipitaceae) to protect subsequently grown tomato plants from root galling caused by the root-knot nematode Meloidogyne hapla (Tylenchida: Meloidogynidae). Therefore, seeds of P. tanacetifolia were coated with P. chlamydosporia blastospores and planted in M. hapla -infested pots. After 50 days of growth in infested soil, M. hapla eggs were extracted from P. tanacetifolia roots and quantified. Tomato plants grown in the remaining soil served as bioindicator of M. hapla infestation as expressed by the gall index. Results showed that seed coating of P. tanacetifolia with P. chlamydosporia (290 ± 51 CFU per seed) reduced the number of M. hapla eggs up to 95.6% in comparison to untreated controls. Pochonia chlamydosporia as blastospore suspension (5·10 8 blastospores per 600 ml soil) reduced the number of M. hapla eggs by up to 75.5%. Additionally, tomato plants grown for 50 days in substrates previously planted with P. tanacetifolia seeds coated with P. chlamydosporia showed a significantly lower gall index than plants grown in untreated pots. In conclusion, biological enhancement of P. tanacetifolia by seed coating with P. chlamydosporia successfully reduced M. hapla and thus provides an additional tool in the management of this nematode. The method still has potential for further improvement such as increasing blastospore viability within the seed coating by optimized formulation technology.","PeriodicalId":8878,"journal":{"name":"BioControl","volume":"49 46","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134902657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioControlPub Date : 2023-11-09DOI: 10.1007/s10526-023-10221-6
Blair W. Cowie, Fritz Heystek, Iain D. Paterson
{"title":"Will climate affect the establishment and efficacy of Agnippe sp. #1 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae), a promising biological control agent of Mesquite in South Africa?","authors":"Blair W. Cowie, Fritz Heystek, Iain D. Paterson","doi":"10.1007/s10526-023-10221-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-023-10221-6","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Several spiny leguminous tree species within the genus Neltuma Raf. (formerly Prosopis L.) (Fabaceae) occur as widespread invasive alien plants in South Africa, exerting severe negative socio-economic and ecological impacts. Given these impacts, South Africa recently released the leaf-tying moth Agnippe sp. #1 (syn. Evippe sp. #1) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) as a biological control agent against invasive Neltuma species in 2021. The widespread invasion of Neltuma spp. across a vast and climatically diverse range of South Africa has led to concerns regarding the establishment and impact of the agent. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the constraints posed by climate to the potential establishment and efficacy of Agnippe sp. #1 using both climatic matching (CLIMEX) and thermal-physiology assessments. Climatic analyses revealed relatively high (71%) and moderate (66%) matches of South Africa to the native (Argentina) and introduced (Australia) ranges of Agnippe sp. #1 respectively. Thermal assessments of Agnippe sp. #1, particularly the 4 th instar larvae, determined a CT min = 0.9 ± 0.3 °C and LLT 50 = −11.1 ± 0.4 °C, which suggest the moth is suited mainly to warmer regions of South Africa. Overall, these assessments propose that the establishment and performance of Agnippe sp. #1 is likely to be constrained by climate in parts of South Africa, particularly within the cold semi-arid and temperate provinces of the country. Promisingly, these climatic comparisons suggest that Agnippe sp. #1 may become more widely established in the hottest parts of the Northern Cape province, which remains a major biological control target region for Mesquite in South Africa.","PeriodicalId":8878,"journal":{"name":"BioControl","volume":" 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135286538","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"农林科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}