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dc.contributor.author | Grodowitz, Michael Jay | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cofrancesco, Alfred F., Jr. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Freedman, Jan E. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Center, Ted D. | en_US |
dc.creator | United States. Agricultural Research Service | en_US |
dc.creator | Aquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.) | en_US |
dc.creator | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-03-23T19:47:31Z | en_US |
dc.date.available | 2016-03-23T19:47:31Z | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 1997-09 | en_US |
dc.identifier.govdoc | Miscellaneous Paper A-97-5 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11681/6249 | en_US |
dc.description | Miscellaneous Paper | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | The Australian leaf-mining fly, Hydrellia balciunasi, was first released as a biological control agent for the management of the submersed aquatic plant Hydrilla verticillata in August 1989 in southern Florida. Since then, 284,684 individuals have been released at seven Florida and four Texas sites. Despite this effort, populations have persisted at just two Texas sites: Sheldon Reservoir near Houston and Lake Raven in Huntsville State Park. Hydrellia balciunasi levels have remained relatively low at these sites, averaging, at best, less than 1,000 immatures/kilogram wet plant weight All other collections were substantially lower. Reasons for poor establishment are unknown but probably relate to a complex of factors, including competition with another introduced leaf-mining species, parasitism by native wasps, poor host quality, genetic differences between Australian and United States hydrilla resulting in mismatched physiological strains of agent and host plant, and possibly inbreeding depression in laboratory colonies used for releases. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Aquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | United States. Army. Corps of Engineers | en_US |
dc.format.extent | 15 pages/1.07 MB | en_US |
dc.format.medium | en_US | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station | en_US |
dc.relation | http://acwc.sdp.sirsi.net/client/en_US/search/asset/1043950 | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Miscellaneous Paper (Aquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.)) ; no.Miscellaneous Paper A-97-5 | en_US |
dc.rights | Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited | en_US |
dc.source | This Digital Resource was created from scans of the Print Resource | en_US |
dc.subject | Aquatic plants | en_US |
dc.subject | Insect releases | en_US |
dc.subject | Aquatic weeds | en_US |
dc.subject | Insects | en_US |
dc.subject | Classical biological control | en_US |
dc.subject | Biocontrol | en_US |
dc.subject | Submersed weeds | en_US |
dc.subject | Aquatic Plant Control Research Program (U.S.) | en_US |
dc.title | Release and establishment of Hydrellia balciunasi (Diptera: Ephydridae) for the biological control of the submersed aquatic plant Hydrilla verticillata (Hydrocharitaceae) in the United States | en_US |
dc.type | Report | en_US |
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TR-A-97-5.pdf | Miscellaneous Paper A-97-5 | 1.07 MB | Adobe PDF | View/Open |