Matching the Origin of an Invasive Weed for Selection of a Herbivore Haplotype for a Biological Control Programme.
From: United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beneficial Insects Research Unit, 2413 E. Hwy. 83, Weslaco, TX 78596, USA. jgoolsby@weslaco.ars.usda.gov
Molecular ecology
- Publish Date: Jan 2006
- ISSN: 0962-1083
- Volume: 15
- Issue: 1
- Pages: 287-97
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Goolsby John A, DE Barro Paul J, Makinson Jeffrey R, et al. Matching the Origin of an Invasive Weed for Selection of a Herbivore Haplotype for a Biological Control Programme.. Mol. Ecol. Jan 2006;15:287-97
Abstract
The Florida Everglades have been invaded by an exotic weed fern, Lygodium microphyllum. Across its native distribution in the Old World tropics from Africa to Australasia it was found to have multiple location-specific haplotypes. Within this distribution, the climbing fern is attacked by a phytophagous mite, Floracarus perrepae, also with multiple haplotypes. The genetic relationship between mite and fern haplotypes was matched by an overarching geographical relationship between the two. Further, mites that occur in the same location as a particular fern haplotype were better able to utilize the fern than mites from more distant locations. From a biological control context, we are able to show that the weed fern in the Everglades most likely originated in northern Queensland, Australia/Papua New Guinea and that the mite from northern Queensland offers the greatest prospect for control.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Asia, Southeastern, Australia, Base Sequence, Cluster Analysis, DNA, Mitochondrial, Ecosystem, Ferns, Florida, Geography, Haplotypes, Molecular Sequence Data, Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques, Phylogeny, Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length, Population Dynamics, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Sequence Homology, Ticks
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