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View article: Weed biological control in Zimbabwe: Challenges and future prospects
Weed biological control in Zimbabwe: Challenges and future prospects Open
In Zimbabwe, the structure and integrity of various ecosystems is rapidly deteriorating, in part due to invasive alien plants. While there is recognition of the challenges posed by invasive alien plants and the complexity surrounding their…
View article: More than a Century of Biological Control Against Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa: A Synoptic View of What Has Been Accomplished
More than a Century of Biological Control Against Invasive Alien Plants in South Africa: A Synoptic View of What Has Been Accomplished Open
Invasive alien plant species negatively affect agricultural production, degrade conservation areas, reduce water supplies, and increase the intensity of wild fires. Since 1913, biological control agents i.e. plant-feeding insects, mites, a…
View article: An amazing sub-cambium flat mite from South Africa (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae)
An amazing sub-cambium flat mite from South Africa (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) Open
An unusual sub-cambium flat mite, Phytoptipalpus occultuae sp. n., first found under the bark in blisters on stems of Senegalia caffra in Pretoria, South Africa is described and illustrated herein. This is a unique species in the genus Phy…
View article: An amazing subcambium burrowing flat mite from South Africa (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae)
An amazing subcambium burrowing flat mite from South Africa (Acari: Trombidiformes: Tenuipalpidae) Open
An unusual sub-cambium flat mite, Phytoptipalpus occultuae sp. n., first found under the bark in blisters on stems of Senegalia caffra in Pretoria, South Africa is described and illustrated herein. This is a unique species in the genus Phy…
View article: Gall Thrips<i>Acaciothrips ebneri</i>(Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Ethiopia, a Promising Biological Control Agent for Prickly Acacia in Australia
Gall Thrips<i>Acaciothrips ebneri</i>(Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Ethiopia, a Promising Biological Control Agent for Prickly Acacia in Australia Open
Based on climatic and plant phenotype matching,
\nnative-range surveys were conducted in Ethiopia
\nto identify prospective biological control agents
\nfor prickly acacia, a serious weed of grazing areas
\nin northern Australia. Surveys id…
View article: Host Associations of Gall-Inducing<i>Prodiplosis longifila</i>(Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Bolivia: Implications for Its Use as a Biological Control Agent for<i>Jatropha gossypiifolia</i>(Euphorbiaceae)
Host Associations of Gall-Inducing<i>Prodiplosis longifila</i>(Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) from Bolivia: Implications for Its Use as a Biological Control Agent for<i>Jatropha gossypiifolia</i>(Euphorbiaceae) Open
Based on field host range and damage potential, we explored the prospects of exploiting a gall midge from Jatropha clavuligera Müll. Arg. (Euphorbiaceae) in Bolivia as a "new-association" biological control agent for Jatropha gossypiifolia…
View article: West African Arthropods Hold Promise as Biological Control Agents for an Invasive Tree in the Pacific Islands
West African Arthropods Hold Promise as Biological Control Agents for an Invasive Tree in the Pacific Islands Open
African tulip tree, Spathodea campanulata Beauv. (Bignoniaceae), is a large tree of secondary forests, forest edges and savannas that is indigenous to Central and West Africa (Bidgood 1994). It has been widely utilised as an ornamental pla…
View article: Six Recently Recorded Australian Insects Associated with<i>Eucalyptus</i>in South Africa
Six Recently Recorded Australian Insects Associated with<i>Eucalyptus</i>in South Africa Open
The increased movement of goods and pathways
\nto transport these goods around the world, combined
\nwith the global homogenisation of cultivated
\nareas has resulted in an increase in insect
\nmovement and establishment (McCullough et al.…