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Control Biológico Clásico de la Batata Aérea en la Florida

open access: yesEDIS, 2016
La batata aérea (Dioscorea bulbifera) es una enredadera herbácea y perenne que puede alcanzar longitudes de 20 metros o más, permitiéndole cubrir y ahogar a la vegetación nativa.
Ted D. Center   +3 more
doaj   +5 more sources

Advances in Mass Rearing Pseudophilothrips ichini (Hood) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), a Biological Control Agent for Brazilian Peppertree in Florida

open access: yesInsects, 2021
Pseudophilothrips ichini is a recently approved biological control agent for the highly invasive Brazilian peppertree in Florida, USA. Prior to approval for field release in 2019, thrips colonies used for host specificity testing were produced and ...
Dale A. Halbritter   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae: Olethreutinae) mitochondrial genomes in the context of a recent host range expansion

open access: yesBMC Ecology and Evolution, 2023
Background The false codling moth (FCM), Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick, 1913), is a significant pest of various important economic crops and is a EU quarantine pest. In the last decade the pest has been reported on Rosa spp.
Bart T.L.H. van de Vossenberg   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Adventive Gryon aetherium Talamas (Hymenoptera, Scelionidae) associated with eggs of Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) in the USA [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Hymenoptera Research, 2021
Bagrada bug, Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera, Pentatomidae), has become a major pest of cole crops (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kale) in California since its arrival in 2008. In this study we documented parasitism of B.
Brian N. Hogg   +2 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Eco-physiological performance may contribute to differential success of two forms of an invasive vine, Dolichandra unguis-cati, in Australia [PDF]

open access: yesNeoBiota, 2019
Invasive plant species are hypothesized as being more efficient at resource acquisition and use, resulting in faster growth than co-occurring non-invasive plant species.
Joshua Comrade Buru   +4 more
doaj   +3 more sources

Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus Nextstrain Build Version 3: Rise of a Novel Clade

open access: yesPhytoFrontiers, 2023
In the Netherlands, tomato brown rugose fruit virus (ToBRFV; genus Tobamovirus) was first identified in tomato crops in 2019. Since then, the National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO-NL) has performed surveys to track and trace this regulated virus ...
Marleen Botermans   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

High aqueous salinity does not preclude germination of invasive Iris pseudacorus from estuarine populations

open access: yesEcosphere, 2021
Estuarine ecosystems are threatened by climate change and biological invasions. Among global changes, sea‐level rise is broadly impacting tidal wetlands, through increases in salinity and alteration of inundation regimes.
Morgane B. Gillard   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determination of Hourly Distribution of Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) Using Sex Pheromone and Ultraviolet Light Traps in Protected Tomato Crops

open access: yesHorticulturae, 2023
Tuta absoluta (Meyrick), a leafminer that damages tomato leaves, terminal buds, flowers, and fruits, is a destructive tomato pest and is responsible for 80–100% of tomato yield losses globally.
Gui-Fen Zhang   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

The complete chloroplast genome of the invasive fern Lygodium microphyllum (Cav.) R. Br.

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2018
The Old World climbing fern, Lygodium microphyllum, is a rapidly spreading environmental weed in Florida, United States. We reconstructed the complete chloroplast genome of L.
Graham A. McCulloch   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Practitioner perspectives on using nonnative plants for revegetation

open access: yesCalifornia Agriculture, 2016
Restoration practitioners use both native and nonnative plant species for revegetation projects. Typically, when rehabilitating damaged working lands, more practitioners consider nonnative plants; while those working to restore habitat have focused on ...
Elise Gornish   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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