Performance of the alligatorweed flea beetle, Agasicles hygrophila, on nontarget plant species

作者

Lu, Junjiao; Zhao, Longlong; Li, Na; 更多内容

期刊:JOURNAL OF AQUATIC PLANT MANAGEMENT ISSN:0146-6623 , 年:2015 . 卷:53 页码:88-94

语种: English

摘要

Alligatorweed flea beetle [Agasicles hygrophila Selman & Vogt (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)] has been considered as a biological control agent against the invasive weed, alligatorweed [Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb]. The adult development, survivorship, fecundity, larval hatching and the performance of alligator flea beetle adults on target and several nontarget host plants in field conditions were determined in this study. The results showed that alligator flea beetle could feed on a nontarget host plant, Alternanthera sessilis (L.) DC., but it did not pupate successfully. Alligator flea beetle could not complete their life cycle on the other plant species.

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关键词
Agasicles hygrophila; alligator flea beetle; alligatorweed Alternanthera philoxeroides; nontarget host plants; weed biological control

附加关键词:
BIOLOGICAL-CONTROL AGENT; RISK

作者信息

通讯作者:
     Ma, RY , Shanxi Agr Univ, Coll Agr, Taigu 030801, Shanxi, Peoples R China.
作者机构:
     [1] [ Lu, Junjiao; Zhao, Longlong; Li, Na; Jia, Dong; ︾ ] Shanxi Agr Univ, Coll Agr, Taigu 030801, Shanxi, Peoples R China.
     [2] [ Lu, Junjiao; Fan, Renjun ] Shanxi Acad Agr Sci, Inst Plant Protect, Taiyuan 030032, Shanxi, Peoples R China.
     [3] [ Wei, Jianing ] Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Zool, Beijing 100101, Peoples R China.
作者邮箱:
     maruiyan2004@163.com