Occurrence of Clover Stem Borer, Languria mozardi (Coleoptera: Languriidae), on Canola: A New Host Record

Ward, Rufina; Cebert, Ernst; Ward, Keith

doi:10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[732:oocsbl]2.0.co;2

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“…This was the first report of a stalk‐boring insect in sorghum in this country. Similarly, Ward et al (2007) studied canola insect pests in Alabama in anticipation of increased production for biodiesel. They reported the first known occurrence of the North American endemic clover stem weevil, Languria mozardi Latreille, on canola.…”

Section: Arthropods and Herbaceous Biofuel Cropsmentioning

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“…Much of the relevant pest management literature for these crops has been previously reviewed: soybean (Kogan & Turnipseed, 1987;Turnipseed & Kogan, 1976), oilseed brassicas (Lamb, 1989), sorghum (Young & Teetes, 1977), sugar beet (Lange, 1987), sugar cane (Long & Hensley, 1972) and corn (Brindley et al, 1975;Chiang, 1978;Levine & Oloumi-Sadeghi, 1991;Gray et al, 2009). Arthropods as pests of biofuel crops Increased importance of existing pests Coyle, 2002;Hansen, 2003;Mattson et al, 2001 Emergence of new pests Dimou et al, 2007;Ward et al, 2007 Arthropods cause shifts in biofuel crop community composition or productivity Schmitz, 2008 Biofuel crops alter arthropod pest dynamics in surrounding landscape Potential to increase insecticide resistance Hansen, 2003 Potential for pest build-up and spillover into surrounding crops Ahmad et al, 1984;Semere & Slater, 2007 Biofuel crops act as reservoirs for insect-transmitted diseases Huggett et al, 1999…”

Section: Use Of Existing Food Crops For Biofuel Productionmentioning

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Arthropods and biofuel production systems in North America

Landis

Werling

2010

Insect Science

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Biomass harvest may eventually be conducted on over 100 000 000 ha of US crop and forest lands to meet federally‐mandated targets for renewable biofuels. Such large‐scale land use changes could profoundly impact working landscapes and the arthropod communities that inhabit them. We review the literature on dedicated biofuel crops and biomass harvest from forests to look for commonalities in arthropod community responses. With expanded biofuel production, existing arthropod pests of biofuel crops will likely become more important and new pests will emerge. Beneficial arthropods will also be influenced by biofuel crop habitats, potentially altering the distribution of pollination and pest control services to the surrounding landscape. Production of biofuel crops including initial crop selection, genetic improvement, agronomic practices, and harvest regimes will also influence arthropod communities. In turn, arthropods will impact the productivity and species composition of biomass production systems. Some of these processes have the potential to cause landscape‐level changes in arthropod community dynamics and insect‐vectored plant diseases. Finally, changes in arthropod populations and their spatiotemporal distribution in the landscape will have impacts on consumers of insects at higher trophic levels, potentially influencing their population and community dynamics and producing feedbacks to arthropod communities. Given that dedicated biofuel crops and intensified biomass harvest from forests are still relatively uncommon in North America, as they increase, we anticipate ‘predictably unpredictable’ shifts in arthropod communities and the ecosystem services and functions they support. We suggest that research on arthropod dynamics within biofuel crops, their spillover into adjacent habitats, and implications for the sustainability of working landscapes are critical topics for both basic and applied investigations.

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Section: Arthropods and Herbaceous Biofuel Cropsmentioning

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Arthropods and biofuel production systems in North America

Landis

Werling

2010

Insect Science

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“…As summarized by Landis and Werling (2010), alteration of habitat (especially reduction of plant species diversity) by biofuel cropping systems, can cause food web shifts (Hedgren, 2007) and changes in arthropod community structure (Nitterus & Gunnarsson, 2006;Ulyshen & Hanula, 2009). This can result in increased impact of pest arthropods, whether they be existing pests (Mattson et al, 2001;Coyle, 2002;Hanson, 2003) or species that newly emerge as pests (Dimou et al, 2007;Ward et al, 2007). As well, the efficacy of beneficial arthropods in limiting pest numbers may be reduced, in that biofuel crops alter their spatial or temporal distribution (Frank et al, 2008) or fail to provide them with needed shelter or alternative food sources (Carmona et al, 1999;Menalled et al, 2001;Gardiner et al, 2010).…”

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Moth diversity in three biofuel crops and native prairie in Illinois

Harrison

Berenbaum

2012

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The expanding demand for biofuel feedstock may lead to large-scale conscription of land for monoculture production of biofuel crops with concomitant substantial negative impacts on biodiversity. We compared moth diversity in light-trap samples from corn, miscanthus, switchgrass and native prairie, to determine whether there is an observable relationship between plant species diversity and moth abundance and diversity. Moth alpha diversity was highest in prairie and was higher in switchgrass than in the other two biofuel crops. Beta diversity generally was low among the biofuel crops, and prairie shared lower beta diversity with switchgrass than with corn or miscanthus. Analysis of variance showed no significant differences in moth abundance per species among treatments. The alpha and beta diversity index findings are consistent with those of other studies on arthropods in biofuel crops and provide evidence to suggest that large-scale conversion of acreage to biofuel crops may have substantial negative effects on arthropod biodiversity both within the cropping systems and in the surrounding landscape.

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“…Languria mozardi has a wide host range including plants in the families: Asteraceae, Brassicaceae, Campanulaceae, Fabaceae, Malvaceae, Poaceae, and Urticaceae (Folsom 1909;Wildermuth & Gates 1920;Vaurie 1948;Ward et al 2007). Vaurie (1948) reported a dead adult in the erect stem of a soybean in South Carolina in Nov (no year or date mentioned), but did not list soybean as a larval host plant.…”

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