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Title: | Introduction and establishment of Carvalhotingis visenda (Hemiptera: Tingidae) as a biological control agent for cat's claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in Australia | Contributor(s): | Dhileepan, K (author); Trevino, M (author); Bayliss, D (author); Saunders, Manu (author) ; Shortus, M (author); McCarthy, J (author); Snow, E L (author); Walter, G H (author) | Publication Date: | 2010 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2010.06.016 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/22859 | Abstract: | Carvalhotingis visenda (Hemiptera: Tingidae) is the first biological control agent approved for release against cat's claw creeper Macfadyena unguis-cati (Bignoniaceae) in Australia. The mass-rearing and field releases of C. visenda commenced in May 2007 and since then more than half a million individuals have been released at 72 sites in Queensland and New South Wales. In addition, community groups have released over 11,000 tingid-infested potted cat's claw creeper plants at 63 sites in Queensland. Establishment of C. visenda was evident at 80% of the release sites after three years. The tingid established on the two morphologically distinct 'long-pod' and 'short-pod' cat's claw creeper varieties present in Australia. Establishment was more at sites that received three or more field releases (83%) than at sites that received two or less releases (73%); and also at sites that received more than 5000 individuals (82%) than at sites that received less than 5000 individuals (68%). In the field, the tingid spread slowly (5.4 m per year), and the maximum distance of C. visenda incidence away from the initial release points ranged from 6 m to approximately 1 km. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Biological Control, 55(1), p. 58-62 | Publisher: | Academic Press | Place of Publication: | United States of America | ISSN: | 1090-2112 1049-9644 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060808 Invertebrate Biology 050205 Environmental Management 050103 Invasive Species Ecology |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960414 Control of Plant Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species in Forest and Woodlands Environments | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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