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Effectiveness of Torymus sinensis: a successful long-term control of the Asian chestnut gall wasp in Italy

Journal of Pest Science, 2018
The biocontrol agent Torymus sinensis has been released into Japan, the USA, and Europe to suppress the Asian chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus. In this study, we provide a quantitative assessment of T. sinensis effectiveness for suppressing gall wasp infestations in Northwest Italy by annually evaluating the percentage of chestnuts infested by
Chiara Ferracini, Ester Ferrari, Marianna Pontini, Matteo A. Saladini, Alberto Alma   +4 more
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Assessing the success of a horizon scanning approach in predicting invasive non‐native species arrival

Journal of Applied Ecology, Volume 63, Issue 1, January 2026.
We conclude that horizon scanning provides a rapid, affordable and successful mechanism to predict the arrival of high‐risk INNS. We highlight the importance of citizen science, including biological recording, and of local expertise for detecting and documenting arrival of INNS.
Jodey M. Peyton, Stephanie Rorke, David C. Aldridge, Oliver L. Pescott, Katharina Dehnen‐Schmutz, David G. Noble, Jack Sewell, Alan J. A. Stewart, Tim Adriaens, Björn C. Beckmann, J. Robert Britton, Juliet Brodie, Peter M. J. Brown, Imogen C. N. Cavadino, Paul F. Clark, Alison M. Dunn, Jim Foster, Colin Harrower, Martin C. Harvey, Michelle C. Jackson, Tomos Jones, Christine A. Maggs, Gabrielle Martin, Fiona Mathews, Aileen C. Mill, Debbie Murphy, Ellie Paganini, Robin Payne, Wolfgang Rabitsch, Trevor Renals, Karsten Schönrogge, Richard H. Shaw, Graham C. Smith, Paul D. Stebbing, Pete A. Stroh, Hannah Tidbury, Elena Tricarico, Jeanne Vallet, Kevin J. Walker, Louisa E. Wood, Christine A. Wood, Ben Woodcock, Helen E. Roy   +42 more
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Unlocking agro‐ecosystem sustainability: exploring the bottom‐up effects of microbes, plants, and insect herbivores

Integrative Zoology, Volume 20, Issue 3, Page 465-484, May 2025.
Microorganism‐released metabolites, proteins, or toxins modulate plant‐based targets to regulate physiological processes such as phytohormone and nutrition balance and stress resistance. Microbes that affect plant physiological processes regulate the visual, olfactory, and gustatory cues associated with plants to attract or repel insect herbivores and ...
Wei ZHANG, Lukasz L. STELINSKI, Amr MOHAMED, Guangmin WANG, Gianluca TETTAMANTI, Moxian CHEN, Mingsheng HONG, Ella Z. DALY, Jan BRUIN, David RENAULT, Nemat O. KEYHANI, Qi ZHAO   +11 more
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Diversity and surge in abundance of native parasitoid communities prior to the onset of Torymus sinensis on the Asian chestnut gall wasp (Dryocosmus kuriphilus) in Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary [PDF]

Journal of Forestry Research, 2020
AbstractSince the rapid spread of the Asian chestnut gall wasp (ACGW) throughout south-east Europe in the last few years, the possibilities of its control have been increasingly investigated. Due to constraints in available suppression measures in forest stands, biological control is recognized as the most suitable action to lower the abundance of the ...
Katarina Kos, Nikola Lacković, George Melika, Dinka Matošević   +3 more
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Network structure and taxonomic composition of tritrophic communities of Fagaceae, cynipid gallwasps and parasitoids in Sichuan, China 中国四川的壳斗科、瘿蜂、和寄生蜂之三級营养生物群落的结构和组成

Insect Conservation and Diversity, Volume 17, Issue 6, Page 1046-1071, November 2024.
We quantified previously unstudied tritrophic gall communities on Fagaceae in Sichuan, China, testing for ‘bottom‐up’ effects of host plant diversity on plant–herbivore and plant–parasitoid interactions. We sampled 176 cynipid gall morphotypes from 23 host plant species, yielding 64 parasitoid morphospecies.
Zhiqiang Fang, Chang‐Ti Tang, Frazer Sinclair, György Csóka, Jack Hearn, Koorosh McCormack, George Melika, Katarzyna M. Mikolajczak, James A. Nicholls, José‐Luis Nieves‐Aldrey, David G. Notton, Sara Radosevic, Richard I. Bailey, Alexander Reiss, Yuanmeng M. Zhang, Ying Zhu, Shengguo Fang, Karsten Schönrogge, Graham N. Stone   +18 more
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Damage ratio of the Asian chestnut gall wasp, Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu, 1951 (Hemiptera: Cynipidae) in Samsun Province of Türkiye: First Report

Turkish Journal of Food and Agriculture Sciences, 2022
The Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera, Cynipidae) is a critical pest that threatens chestnut cultivation. The chestnut gall wasp causes yield losses by deforming the buds of the infected trees. This pest, which was first detected in Italy in 2002 in Europe, was seen in Gacık village of Yalova province in 2014 in ...
Burak AKYÜZ, İslam SARUHAN, Ümit SERDAR   +2 more
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The Asian Chestnut Gall Wasp in Italy: Surveys on its Native and Exotic Parasitoids as Well as on Chestnut Cultivar Susceptibility

Asian Journal of Advances in Agricultural Research, 2019
In the context of biological control against the Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus Yasumatsu (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) in Italy, the aim of this study was to survey its native parasitoids as well as the exotic Torymus sinensis Kamijo which had been introduced and released as a biological control agent.
M. Bracalini, F. Croci, A. Turchi, E. Giordani, R. Tiberi, T. Panzavolta   +5 more
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The complexity of mycobiota associated with chestnut galls induced by Dryocosmus kuriphilus in Galicia (Northwestern Spain)

iForest - Biogeosciences and Forestry
The European chestnut tree (Castanea sativa) is a highly valued deciduous species in Galicia (Northwestern Spain), mainly due to economic, landscape, and social or cultural reasons.
Fraga Meizoso M, Aguín O, López-Burgos M, Salinero C, Mansilla JP   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

European and American chestnuts: An overview of the main threats and control efforts. [PDF]

Front Plant Sci, 2022
Fernandes P, Colavolpe MB, Serrazina S, Costa RL.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Extinction Threat to a Previously Undescribed Species of Gall Wasp (Hymenoptera: Cynipidae) and Two Associated Parasitoid Species (Hymenoptera: Braconidae and Eulophidae) on a Threatened Rose. [PDF]

Ann Entomol Soc Am, 2023
Abe Y, Ide T, Matsuo K, Maeto K, Wu Y.
europepmc   +1 more source