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Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc), a potential threat to China’s potato industry
(Elsevier on behalf of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS), 2020-02)
The potato psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) has recently emerged as a serious pest of potatoes and other solanaceous crops. It causes direct feeding damage and also vectors Candidatus Liberibacter ...
Plant invasions in New Zealand: Global lessons in prevention, eradication and control
(Springer, 2020-05)
The number of non-native plant species established outside of cultivation in the New Zealand archipelago is higher than for any other islands worldwide. Faced with this scale of plant invasions, there has been considerable ...
Severe insect pest impacts on New Zealand pasture: The plight of an ecological outlier
(Oxford University Press on behalf of Entomological Society of America, 2020-03)
New Zealand’s intensive pastures, comprised almost entirely introduced Lolium L. and Trifolium L. species, are arguably the most productive grazing lands in the world. However, these areas are vulnerable to destructive ...
Behavioural and olfactory responses of pest insects to endophyte-infected (Epichloë festucae variant lolii) perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne):
(Lincoln University, 2020)
Asexual fungal endophytes (Epichloë) colonise agricultural grasses (Poaceae) in an interaction which provides host plants with protection against herbivorous insects. Despite 40 years of research there is still much we do ...
Defining the mechanism of Yersinia entomophaga MH96 exoprotein release : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
(Lincoln University, 2020)
There is an increasing need in New Zealand for the development of new solutions and improvement
of currently available biological control agents of pasture pests. In the last two decades, the
entomopathogen Yersinia ...
Genetic diversity in invasive populations of Argentine stem weevil associated with adaptation to biocontrol
(MDPI, 2020-07)
Modified, agricultural landscapes are susceptible to damage by insect pests. Biological control of pests is typically successful once a control agent has established, but this depends on the agent’s capacity to co-evolve ...