Université de Fribourg

Host Impact and Specificity of Tortoise Beetle (Cassida rubiginosa) on Canada Thistle (Cirsium arvense) in Iran

Asadi, Ghorbanali ; Ghorbani, Reza ; Karimi, Javad ; Bagheri, Alireza ; Müller-Schärer, Heinz

In: Weed Technology, 2013, vol. 27, no. 2, p. 405–411

This study determined the potential of the tortoise beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) to control Canada thistle (Asteraceae) in Iran. Genetic analysis of the tortoise beetle, based on mitochondrial DNA, confirmed the presence of the species in Iran. A field experiment using five insect densities (0 to 20 larvae plant−1) showed a positive correlation between the number of larvae transferred and...