Matching the origin of an invasive weed for selection of a herbivore haplotype for a biological control programme

The Florida Everglades have been invaded by an exotic weed fern, Lygodium microphyllum. Across its native distribution in the Old World tropics from Africa to Australasia it was found to have multiple location-specific haplotypes. Within this distribution, the climbing fern is attacked by a phytopha...

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Published in:Molecular ecology 2006, Vol.15 (1), p.287-297
Main Authors: Goolsby, John A, De Barro, Paul J, Makinson, Jeffrey R, Pemberton, Robert W, Martley, Diana M, Frohlich, Donald R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
agent selection
Animals
Asia, Southeastern
Australia
Base Sequence
biological control agents
biological invasions
Cluster Analysis
co-evolution
coevolution
DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics
ecological invasion
Ecosystem
Everglades
Ferns - genetics
Floracarus
Floracarus perrepae
Florida
Florida Everglades
galls
Genetics
Geography
haplotypes
Haplotypes - genetics
Herbicides
invasive species
leaves
Lygodium
Lygodium microphyllum
Molecular Sequence Data
Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques
Pest control
Phylogeny
phylogeography
phytogeography
phytophagous mites
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Population Dynamics
Sequence Analysis, DNA
Sequence Homology
Ticks - genetics
weed control
weeds
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Summary:The Florida Everglades have been invaded by an exotic weed fern, Lygodium microphyllum. Across its native distribution in the Old World tropics from Africa to Australasia it was found to have multiple location-specific haplotypes. Within this distribution, the climbing fern is attacked by a phytophagous mite, Floracarus perrepae, also with multiple haplotypes. The genetic relationship between mite and fern haplotypes was matched by an overarching geographical relationship between the two. Further, mites that occur in the same location as a particular fern haplotype were better able to utilize the fern than mites from more distant locations. From a biological control context, we are able to show that the weed fern in the Everglades most likely originated in northern Queensland, Australia/Papua New Guinea and that the mite from northern Queensland offers the greatest prospect for control.
ISSN:1365-294X
0962-1083
1365-294X
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02788.x