| initial impacts and field validation of host range for boreioglycaspis melaleucae moore (hemiptera: psyllidae), a biological control agent of the invasive tree melaleuca quinquenervia (cav.) blake (myrtales: myrtaceae: leptospermoideae). | invasion of south florida wetlands by the australian paperbark tree, melaleuca quinquenervia (cav.) s.t. blake (melaleuca), has caused adverse economic and environmental impacts. the tree's biological attributes and favorable ambient biophysical conditions combine to complicate efforts to restore and maintain south florida ecosystems. management requires an integrated strategy that deploys multiple biological control agents to forestall reinvasion and to supplement other control methods, thereby ... | 2007 | 17540066 |
| the molecular basis of host plant selection in melaleuca quinquenervia by a successful biological control agent. | melaleuca quinquenervia (cav) s.t. blake (broadleaf paperbark) is an australian tree that has become a serious weed in many places around the world. two insects oxyops vitiosa (the melaleuca weevil), and boreioglycaspis melaleucae (the melaleuca psyllid), which were introduced to florida as part of a biological control programme, have been very effective in reducing survival and reproduction of this weed. there are two terpene chemotypes of m. quinquenervia; one rich in the sesquiterpene e-nerol ... | 2010 | 20554297 |
| ultrastructure of wax-producing structures on the integument of the melaleuca psyllid boreioglycaspis melaleucae (hemiptera: psyllidae), with honeydew excretion behavior in males and females. | the melaleuca psyllid, boreioglycaspis melaleucae (hemiptera: psyllidae), was introduced to florida as a biological control agent against melaleuca quinquenervia, an invasive evergreen tree that has invaded large areas of florida everglades. colonies of b. melaleucae nymphs are normally covered by white waxy secretions, and nymphs of various instars produce long bundles of white waxy filaments extending laterally and posteriorly from their abdomen. scanning electron microscopy of 'naturally waxe ... | 2015 | 25793934 |
| geographic distribution and regional impacts of oxyops vitiosa (coleoptera: curculionidae) and boreioglycaspis melaleucae (hemiptera: psyllidae), biological control agents of the invasive tree melaleuca quinquenervia. | the invasive tree melaleuca quinquenervia (cav.) blake is widely distributed throughout peninsular florida and poses a significant threat to species diversity in the wetland systems of the everglades. mitigation of this threat includes the areawide release campaign of the biological control agents oxyops vitiosa pascoe and boreioglycaspis melaleucae moore. we summarize the results of this release effort and quantify the resulting geographic distribution of the herbivores as well as their regiona ... | 2009 | 19689893 |