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Attempts to establish the boneseed leaf buckle mite in Australia for the biological control of boneseed
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Morely, T and Ireson, J and Ivory, S, Attempts to establish the boneseed leaf buckle mite in Australia for the biological control of boneseed, Proceedings of the 18th Australasian Weeds Conference, 8-11 October 2012, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 353-355. (2012) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Copyright 2012 Council of Australasian Weed Societies Inc.
Official URL: http://www.caws.org.au/awc/2012/awc201213531.pdf
Abstract
The boneseed leaf buckle mite Aceria sp. (BLBM) is the eighth biological control agent released against boneseed Chrysanthemoides monilifera ssp. monilifera in Australia.
From 2008 to 2012, 165 BLBM field releases were made in south-eastern Australia by inoculating vegetative boneseed shoot tips with one to several mitebearing BLBM galls on 998 boneseed plants. Very few of these boneseed plants developed BLBM colonies that could be regarded as established populations.
A new release method was deployed in autumn 2011. One hundred and twenty BLBM-colonised potted boneseed plants were planted to existing boneseed infestations at 16 sites.
Observations after one year suggest that the new release method is four to five times better for establishing BLBM colonies than the original method.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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| Keywords: | Aceria sp., Chrysanthemoides monilifera |
| Research Division: | Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences |
| Research Group: | Crop and pasture production |
| Research Field: | Crop and pasture protection (incl. pests, diseases and weeds) |
| Objective Division: | Plant Production and Plant Primary Products |
| Objective Group: | Environmentally sustainable plant production |
| Objective Field: | Environmentally sustainable plant production not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Ireson, J (Dr John Ireson) |
| ID Code: | 81388 |
| Year Published: | 2012 |
| Deposited By: | Agricultural Science |
| Deposited On: | 2012-12-04 |
| Last Modified: | 2015-08-06 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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