The thermal physiology of Stenopelmus rufinasus and Neohydronomus affinis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), two biological control agents for the invasive alien aquatic weeds, Azolla filiculoides and Pistia stratiotes in South Africa.

Mvandaba, Sisanda F; Owen, Candice A; Hill, Martin P; Coetzee, Julie A

Title: The thermal physiology of Stenopelmus rufinasus and Neohydronomus affinis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), two biological control agents for the invasive alien aquatic weeds, Azolla filiculoides and Pistia stratiotes in South Africa.
Creator: Mvandaba, Sisanda F
Creator: Owen, Candice A
Creator: Hill, Martin P
Creator: Coetzee, Julie A
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2019
Date: 2019
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/444467
Identifier: vital:74243
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2018.1525484
Description: Water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes, and red water fern, Azolla filiculoides, are floating aquatic macrophytes that have become problematic in South Africa. Two weevils, Neohydronomus affinis and Stenopelmus rufinasus, are successful biological control agents of these two species in South Africa. The aim of this study was to investigate the thermal requirements of these two species to explain their establishment patterns in the field. Laboratory results showed that both weevils are widely tolerant to cold and warm temperatures.
Format: 15 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Biocontrol Science and Technology
Relation: Mvandaba, S.F., Owen, C.A., Hill, M.P. and Coetzee, J.A., 2019. The thermal physiology of Stenopelmus rufinasus and Neohydronomus affinis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), two biological control agents for the invasive alien aquatic weeds, Azolla filiculoides and Pistia stratiotes in South Africa. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 29(1), pp.44-58
Relation: Biocontrol Science and Technology volume 29 number 1 44 58 2019 1360-0478
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