With or without you: stem-galling of a tephritid fly reduces the vegetative and reproductive performance of the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) both alone and in combination with another agent

Aigbedion-Atalor, Pascal O; Day, Michael D; Itohan Idemudia; Wilson, David D; Paterson, Iain D

Title: With or without you: stem-galling of a tephritid fly reduces the vegetative and reproductive performance of the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) both alone and in combination with another agent
Creator: Aigbedion-Atalor, Pascal O
Creator: Day, Michael D
Creator: Itohan Idemudia
Creator: Wilson, David D
Creator: Paterson, Iain D
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2019
Date: 2019
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/418093
Identifier: vital:71508
Identifier: xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-018-09917-x"
Description: With or without another biological control agent, the specialist folivore Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata, the stem-galling fly Cecidochares connexa reduced the performance of the invasive alien plant, Chromolaena odorata in Ghana. There was a strong significant negative relationship between gall densities of the gall fly and stem height, and the number of stems and flower heads of C. odorata. Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata had very little impact on any C. odorata parameters. However, at sites where both C. connexa and P. pseudoinsulata occurred simultaneously, the performance of C. odorata was significantly reduced when compared with control plants. Increasing densities of both agents had a strong significant negative correlative effect on C. odorata plant parameters. Cecidochares connexa was recorded in all five regions of the country sampled, while P. pseudoinsulata was recorded in four regions. Densities of both agents declined in the dry season, but galls were persistent throughout the study period. This is the first report of the impact of C. connexa on C. odorata in the West African sub-region since its introduction to Cote d’Ivoire in 2003 and it is clear that the agent has a significant impact on C. odorata in Ghana. Further surveys are required to determine the impact of both biological control agents in other parts of the sub-region where they have established.
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Publisher: SpringerLink
Language: English
Relation: BioControl
Relation: Aigbedion-Atalor, P.O., Day, M.D., Idemudia, I., Wilson, D.D. and Paterson, I.D., 2019. With or without you: stem-galling of a tephritid fly reduces the vegetative and reproductive performance of the invasive plant Chromolaena odorata (Asteraceae) both alone and in combination with another agent. BioControl, 64, pp.103-114
Relation: BioControl volume 64 p. 103 2019 1573-8248
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