Gall thrips Acaciothrips ebneri (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Ethiopia, a promising biological control agent for prickly acacia in Australia
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| dc.contributor.author | Dhileepan, K.
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| dc.contributor.author | Shi, B.
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| dc.contributor.author | Callander, J.
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| dc.contributor.author | Teshome, M.
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| dc.contributor.author | Neser, S. (Stefanus), 1942-
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| dc.contributor.author | Senaratne, K.A.D.W.
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| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-03T12:05:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-04 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Based on climatic and plant phenotype matching, native-range surveys were conducted in Ethiopia to identify prospective biological control agents for prickly acacia, a serious weed of grazing areas in northern Australia. Surveys identified a gall thrips, Acaciothrips ebneri (Karny) (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae), as a prospective biological control agent for prickly acacia, based on damage potential, field host range and geographic range in Ethiopia. The gall thrips was imported into a high security quarantine facility at the Ecosciences Precinct, Brisbane,Australia in December 2015 and host-specificity tests are in progress. If approved, the gall thrips would be the first gall insect to be released against prickly acacia in Australia. | en_ZA |
| dc.description.department | Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) | en_ZA |
| dc.description.embargo | 2020-04-01 | |
| dc.description.librarian | am2018 | en_ZA |
| dc.description.sponsorship | The Meat & Livestock Australia, Rural Industries Research & Development Corporation and Rural Research & Development for Profit Programme of the Australian Government (Department of Agriculture and Water Resources). | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.journals.co.za/content/journal/ento | en_ZA |
| dc.description.uri | http://www.bioone.org/loi/afen | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dhileepan et al. 2018, 'Gall thrips Acaciothrips ebneri (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Ethiopia, a promising biological control agent for prickly acacia in Australia', African Entomology, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 237-241. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1021-3589 (print) | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 2224-8854 (online) | |
| dc.identifier.other | 10.4001/003.026.0237 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/66685 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Entomological Society of Southern Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.rights | © Entomological Society of Southern Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Prickly acacia | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Ethiopia | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Surveys | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Australia | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Gall thrips | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Acaciothrips ebneri (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | Biological control agent | en_ZA |
| dc.title | Gall thrips Acaciothrips ebneri (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Ethiopia, a promising biological control agent for prickly acacia in Australia | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Article | en_ZA |
