A gall-forming biological control agent suppresses vegetative growth of an invasive tree. Issue 11 (1st November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tipping, Philip W.; Martin, Melissa R.; Gettys, Lyn A.
• Is Part Of: Biocontrol science and technology. Volume 26:Issue 11(2016)
• Page Start: 1586
• Page End: 1589
• Publication Date: 2016-11-01
• Subjects: Biological control of weeds -- Melaleuca quinquenervia -- Lophodiplosis trifida -- plant galls; Pests -- Biological control -- Periodicals; Weeds -- Biological control -- Periodicals; Pesticides -- Environmental aspects -- Periodicals; Plants, Protection of -- Periodicals; Plants -- Biological control -- Periodicals; Agricultural pests -- Control -- Periodicals; Pest Control, Biological -- Periodicals; 632.96
• DOI: 10.1080/09583157.2016.1218442
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0958-3157

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Attack by the gall-forming biological control agent Lophodiplosis trifida Gagné (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae), reduced Melaleuca quinquenervia sapling height by 10.1%, leaf biomass by 42%, woody biomass by 42.7%, and root biomass by 30.3%. This provided the first quantitative evidence of the potential of L. trifida to suppress pre-reproductive M. quinquenervia .