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On potential risks and benefits of an accidentally introduced weed biological control agent in Europe: the case of the ragweed leaf beetle, "Ophraella communa"

Augustinus, Benno Andreas ; Müller-Schärer, Heinz (Dir.)

Thèse de doctorat : Université de Fribourg, 2020.

Assessing the risks of non-target feeding by the accidentally introduced ragweed leaf beetle, Ophraella communa, to native European plant species

Augustinus, Benno Andreas ; Gentili, Rodolfo ; Horvath, David ; Naderi, Ruhollah ; Sun, Yan ; Tournet, Anne-Marth Truce Eleonoor ; Schaffner, Urs ; Müller-Schärer, Heinz

In: Biological Control, 2020, vol. 150, p. 104356

In 2013, the North American oligophagous leaf beetle, Ophraella communa LeSage (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), was found in Europe for the first time. Recent studies in Northern Italy and Southern Switzerland record extensive defoliation by O. communa on its preferred host, common ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. (Asteraceae, Tribe Heliantheae), and reductions in its flowering and seeding. In...

Direct effects of insecticides on common ragweed-implications for natural enemy exclusion trials

Lommen, Suzanne T. E. ; Fogliatto, Silvia ; Vidotto, Francesco ; Citterio, Sandra ; Augustinus, Benno Andreas ; Müller-Schärer, Heinz

In: Journal of Pesticide Science, 2018, vol. 43, no. 1, p. 36-40

Experimentally applying pesticides is an important method to assess the efficacy of weed biocontrol agents, but potential direct effects of the chemicals on plant performance are controversial or unknown. We assessed how three broad-spectrum insecticides applied in combination affect the performance of the widely invasive, crop-yield reducing, allergenic common ragweed (Ambrosia artemisiifolia...