Chlorophyll fluorometry as a method of determining the effectiveness of a biological control agent in post-release evaluations

Miller, Benjamin E; Coetzee, Julie A; Hill, Martin P

Title: Chlorophyll fluorometry as a method of determining the effectiveness of a biological control agent in post-release evaluations
Creator: Miller, Benjamin E
Creator: Coetzee, Julie A
Creator: Hill, Martin P
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2019
Date: 2019
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/417438
Identifier: vital:71453
Identifier: xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2019.1656165"
Description: The impact of the planthopper Megamelus scutellaris, a biocontrol agent of water hyacinth in South Africa, was assessed using chlorophyll fluorometry in a greenhouse study under two different eutrophic nutrient treatments and agent densities (high and low). The results indicated that plants grown in low nutrients with high densities of M. scutellaris showed the greatest reduction in the fluorescence parameters Fv/Fm and PIabs. The successful use of chlorophyll fluorometry for the detection of subtle insect damage to water hyacinth leaves could have future application in post-release studies to measure the impact of M. scutellaris in the field.
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Format: 1 online resource (5 pages)
Format: pdf
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Online
Language: English
Relation: Biocontrol Science and Technology
Relation: Miller, B.E., Coetzee, J. and Hill, M., 2019. Chlorophyll fluorometry as a method of determining the effectiveness of a biological control agent in post-release evaluations. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 29(11), pp.1118-1122
Relation: Biocontrol Science and Technology volume 29 number 11 p. 1118 2019 1360-0478
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