Gall thrips Acaciothrips ebneri (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Ethiopia, a promising biological control agent for prickly acacia in Australia

dc.contributor.authorDhileepan, K.
dc.contributor.authorShi, B.
dc.contributor.authorCallander, J.
dc.contributor.authorTeshome, M.
dc.contributor.authorNeser, S. (Stefanus), 1942-
dc.contributor.authorSenaratne, K.A.D.W.
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-03T12:05:38Z
dc.date.issued2018-04
dc.description.abstractBased 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.departmentForestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI)en_ZA
dc.description.embargo2020-04-01
dc.description.librarianam2018en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipThe 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.urihttp://www.journals.co.za/content/journal/entoen_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.bioone.org/loi/afenen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDhileepan 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.issn1021-3589 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2224-8854 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4001/003.026.0237
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/66685
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherEntomological Society of Southern Africaen_ZA
dc.rights© Entomological Society of Southern Africaen_ZA
dc.subjectPrickly acaciaen_ZA
dc.subjectEthiopiaen_ZA
dc.subjectSurveysen_ZA
dc.subjectAustraliaen_ZA
dc.subjectGall thripsen_ZA
dc.subjectAcaciothrips ebneri (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae)en_ZA
dc.subjectBiological control agenten_ZA
dc.titleGall thrips Acaciothrips ebneri (Thysanoptera: Phlaeothripidae) from Ethiopia, a promising biological control agent for prickly acacia in Australiaen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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