Post-release evaluation of biological control of Bemisia tabaci biotype “B” in the USA and the development of predictive tools to guide introductions for other countries

Abstract

Post-release evaluation of biological control of Bemisia tabaci Post-release evaluation of biological control of Bemisia tabaci Post-release evaluation of biological control of Bemisia tabaci biotype ''B'' in the USA and the development of predictive tools to guide introductions for other countries

Use of Thermal Data as a Screen for the Establishment Potential of Non-native Biological Control Agents in the UK

“…In areas where key information is lacking, other forms of data have been used as a 'proxy' in the risk assessment. One of the best examples of this situation is the absence of direct assessments of cold tolerance and the use of 'climate matching' between the native and introduced ranges, as a means of predicting likely survival in the introduced environment (Cameron et al, 1993;Goolsby et al, 2005). Most non-native glasshouse biological control agents introduced into the UK are of Mediterranean, subtropical or tropical origin (van Lenteren, 1997) and in consequence, it has often been assumed that they lack the necessary cold tolerance to establish outside the glasshouse environment in temperate climates such as the UK.…”

Potential exposure of a classical biological control agent of the soybean aphid, Aphis glycines, on non-target aphids in North America

“…A key determinant for establishment of a biological control agent is its adaptability to local environmental conditions (Bryne et al 2002;Hoelmer and Kirk 2005;Goolsby et al 2005). For this purpose, B. communis was collected from areas in Asia with climates comparable to major soybean-growing regions in North America (e.g., Venette and Ragsdale 2004).…”

“…We used the 'Match Climates' function within the CLIMEX v2 software (Sutherst et al 2004) to compare the climatic conditions of Harbin with those throughout North America. CLIMEX is an ecoclimatic modeling package commonly used for predicting the geographic distribution of invasive species and exotic biological control agents (e.g., Goolsby et al 2005;Dunlop et al 2006). The software package uses databanks of historical weather data from numerous locations worldwide to match climates and map distributions of certain species.…”

“…Modeling species distribution has become important in various scientific disciplines such as conservation biology (Anderson and Martinez-Meyer 2004), invasion biology (Drake and Lodge 2006) and biological control (Goolsby et al 2005;Fiaboe et al 2006). Insights into species distribution can help quantify risk, defined as the product of exposure (i.e., spatial overlap) and a hazard index related to species vulnerability to a stressor (e.g., a released biological control agent) (Allen et al 2006).…”

New records of hyperparasitism of Tamarixia triozae (Burks) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) by Encarsia spp. (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) in California

“…The natural enemies of whiteflies include predators, parasitoids, and fungi. Arguably, the most important of these are the parasitoid Hymenoptera due to the relative ease of culture in the laboratory and the narrow host range of many species (Goolsby et al 2005;De Barro & Coombs 2009;Pickett et al 2013). The purpose of this paper is to provide a list of the parasitoid wasps reported to attack members of the B. tabaci species complex (Table 1).…”