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Slide 1 Biological control of Lygodium
microphyllum: Agent Establishment, Impacts, and Future Developments
Aaron S. David, Ph.D.USDA-ARS Invasive Plant Research Laboratory
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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Ellen Lake
Lygodium microphyllumOld World Climbing Fern
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1. Evaluation of 2 approved, established agents
2. Development of new agents for future release
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Slide 4 Neomusotima conspurcatalis
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Christen Mason, SFWMD
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Slide 7 Floracarus perrepae
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Slide 8 Mites slow rachis growth
Resource sink for the plant75% reduction in growth rate
David & Lake 2020 Biological Control
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Slide 9 Release sites
>3 million moths>3 million mites
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Slide 10 Drone releases
Lake et al. in press Biocontrol Sci Tech
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Slide 11 Agent monitoring
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Slide 12 Windspeed predicts within-gall mite density
Numbers indicate sampling monthDavid et al. 2019 Exp. Appl. Acal.
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Tony Pernas, USDI National Park Service, Bugwood.org
How to explain variable establishment across
the landscape?
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Slide 14 Nutrient requirements
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Slide 15 Can Leaf Nitrogen Explain Landscape Patterns?
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Slide 16 Inundation
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Slide 17 Inundation Reduces Mite Galling
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Slide 18 Integrated Weed Management
Photo Credits: Jonathan Glueckert, Amy Ferriter
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Slide 19 Mite establishment after herbicide?
Lygodium sporelings
Mite damage causing loss of apical dominance
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Jonathan Glueckert
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Slide 21 Higher mite establishment after herbicide treatment
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Slide 22 Integration with Fire
Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife RefugePrescribed Burn May 21, 2019
Photo Credits: Rebekah Gibble, Sergio Gonzalez
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Slide 23 Mite Establishment Post-Fire
Everglades National ParkAugust 2017
David et al. 2020 Env Entomol
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Slide 24 Measuring impact within integrated weed management• Multiyear experiment that manipulates:
• Biocontrol (presence vs. chemical exclusion)• Herbicide treatment (control, 1 year treated, 2 years treated)
• 72 large plots (5x5m) at 2 heavily infested sites
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Slide 25 Does biocontrol reduce
climbing ability in the field?
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Slide 26 Agents in development
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Slide 27 Lygomusotima stria(Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Larva
PupaAdult
Egg
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Slide 28 Lygomusotima stria multigeneration
testing
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https://www.eddmaps.org/distribution/viewmap.cfm?sub=3046
Lygodium palmatumLygodium japonicumLygodium microphyllum
Cold tolerance
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Slide 30 Lower thermal limit survival by life stage
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Slide 31 Neostrombocerus albicomus(Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae)
Larva
PupaAdult
Egg
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Slide 32 Callopistria exotica
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Slide 33 Recap
• Lygodium biocontrol agents can cause impressive levels of damage• Agents experience boom-bust cycles and we are learning about when
to expect them to be most helpful for regulating Lygodium• Integration of tactics (herbicide, fire) is promising• Hopefully additional agents are approved for release in the coming
years!
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Slide 34 Acknowledgements
• IPRL team: Ellen Lake, Elizabeth Mattison, Andrea Carmona Cortes, Avery Knoll, Anwar Abdel-Kader, Michael Mueller
• Univ of Florida: Stephen Enloe, Jonathan Glueckert
• FIU: Nico Sebesta• South Florida Water Management
District: LeRoy Rodgers, Christen Mason, Ellen Allen, Sergio Gonzalez
• Southwest Florida Water Management District: Brian Nelson, Garret Snider, Jeff Miller, Mike Terry
• US FWS: Rebekah Gibble
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Slide 35 Questions?Questions?
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