Botanical gardens as key resources and hazards for biosecurity

M Wondafrash, MJ Wingfield, JRU Wilson… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Biodiversity and economic losses resulting from invasive plant pests and pathogens are
increasing globally. For these impacts and threats to be managed effectively, appropriate …

Frontiers approaches to the diagnosis of thrips (thysanoptera): how effective are the molecular and electronic detection platforms?

A Ghosh, S Jangra, RG Dietzgen, WB Yeh - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Thrips are important agricultural and forest pests. They cause damage by
sucking plant sap and transmitting several plant viruses. Correct identification is the key for …

[PDF][PDF] The value of sentinel plants for risk assessment and surveillance to support biosecurity. NeoBiota 48: 1–24

S Mansfield, MR McNeill, LT Aalders, NL Bell, JM Kean… - 2019 - neobiota.pensoft.net
Effective surveillance for early detection of invasive alien species in natural ecosystems, or
on valued plants found in modified areas, could prevent potentially devastating and costly …

Integrated pest and disease management in greenhouse ornamentals

M Daughtrey, R Buitenhuis - Integrated pest and disease management in …, 2020 - Springer
Greenhouse ornamentals are part of a 55 billion USD global ornamentals industry. They
present one of the greatest challenges to integrated pest and disease (IPDM) management …

Botanical Gardens: A Reliable Tool for Documenting Sustainability Patterns in Vegetative Species

AE Ojeleye, AO Iyiola, OP Babafemi… - Biodiversity in Africa …, 2022 - Springer
Gardens are mapped out areas where plants like flowers, trees, spices, herbs, fruits, or
vegetables are grown and/or cultivated for the impetus of conservation, aesthetics, or …

Chloroplast Genome Engineering: A Plausible Approach to Combat Chili Thrips and Other Agronomic Insect Pests of Crops

M Bulle, V Sheri, M Aileni, B Zhang - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The world population's growing demand for food is expected to increase dramatically by
2050. The agronomic productivity for food is severely affected due to biotic and abiotic …

Distribution of Scirtothrips dorsalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) cryptic species complex in the United States and reproductive host assessment of its dominant member

V Kumar, Y Xiao, MA Borden, MZ Ahmed… - Journal of Economic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Chilli thrips, Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood, is a cryptic species complex of at least 9
species, 2 of which (South Asia 1 and East Asia 1) have been confirmed damaging> 50 …

More than just plants: Botanical gardens are an untapped source of fungal diversity

MJ Bradshaw, L Quijada, PC Tobin, U Braun… - …, 2022 - journals.ashs.org
Botanical gardens have extensive spatial databases of their plant specimens; however, the
fungi occurring in them are generally unstudied. Botanical gardens, with their great plant …

Recent invasion and eradication of two members of the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae) from tropical greenhouses in …

H Schuler, R Witkowski, B Van de Vossenberg… - Biological …, 2023 - Springer
Ambrosia beetles of the Euwallacea fornicatus species complex are emerging tree pests
with a broad host range including important agricultural crops. Native to Southeast Asia …

Virus invasions of the New Zealand flora

PL Guy, C Delmiglio, MN Pearson - Biological Invasions, 2022 - Springer
More than 200 plant viruses and many of their invertebrate vectors have invaded New
Zealand (NZ) in the last two centuries. All of these invaders are associated with introduced …