Phylogenetic evidence for the invasion of a commercialized European Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita lineage into North America and New Zealand

DK Howe, AD Ha, A Colton, IT De Ley, RG Rae… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Biological control (biocontrol) as a component of pest management strategies reduces
reliance on synthetic chemicals, and seemingly offers a natural approach that minimizes …

Tree health in South Africa: Retrospect and prospect

MJ Wingfield, B Hurley, B Wingfield… - South African Journal of …, 2020 - scielo.org.za
South Africa is a country with very limited natural forest cover. Consequently, the timber and
fibre needs of the country cannot be provided for from indigenous forest. It is largely for this …

Harnessing the potential of Precision Pest Management in plantation forests

B Slippers, BP Hurley, JD Allison - Southern Forests: a Journal of …, 2020 - journals.co.za
There are numerous new and emerging technologies that allow for greater precision in
forest pest management, from sequencing and chemical analyses to data collection through …

Experimental admixture among distinct lineages of Deladenus siricidicola, the biocontrol agent of Sirex noctilio

KNE Fitza, J Garnas, B Slippers - Biological Control, 2022 - Elsevier
Deladenus siricidicola is a principal biological control agent used to suppress populations of
the globally invasive pine pest, the woodwasp Sirex noctilio. Previous studies have reported …

Association of the native parasitic nematode Deladenus proximus with individuals and populations of the native woodwasp Sirex nigricornis

S van Nouhuys, DC Harris, FM Stephen… - Agricultural and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Parasitic stages of the North American native dimorphic nematode Deladenus proximus
develop within larvae of the native North American siricid Sirex nigricornis and sterilize …

Unexpected diversity in historical biological control programs: Population genetics of the nematode Deladenus siricidicola in Australia and New Zealand

FB Eshetu, I Barnes, HF Nahrung, KNE Fitza… - Biological Control, 2023 - Elsevier
The nematode Deladenus siricidicola is used for the biocontrol of the invasive woodwasp,
Sirex noctilio, that infests Pinus globally. In New Zealand, D. siricidicola was accidentally …

Genetic variability among native and introduced strains of the parasitic nematode Deladenus siricidicola

EE Morris, P O'Grady, G Csóka, AE Hajek - Journal of invertebrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Sirex noctilio is an invasive Eurasian woodwasp that can kill pine (Pinus spp.) trees and has
been introduced to areas of the Southern Hemisphere where plantations of introduced pines …

Demography of an invading forest insect reunited with hosts and parasitoids from its native range

FE Krivak-Tetley, J Sullivan-Stack, JR Garnas… - 2022 - repository.up.ac.za
The Sirex woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae), a widespread
invasive pest of pines in the Southern Hemisphere, was first detected in North America in …