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Tomato Potato Psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) in Australia: Incursion, potential impact and opportunities for biological control
Insects (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.14(3), 263
2023
PMID: 36975948
Abstract
Incursion and establishment of an exotic pest may threaten natural habitats and disrupt ecosystems. On the other hand, resident natural enemies may play an important role in invasive pest control. Bactericera cockerelli, commonly known as the tomato-potato psyllid, is an exotic pest, first detected on mainland Australia in Perth, Western Australia, in early 2017. B. cockerelli causes direct damage to crops by feeding and indirectly by acting as the vector of the pathogen that causes zebra chip disease in potatoes, although the latter is not present in mainland Australia. At present, Australian growers rely on the frequent use of insecticides to control B. cockerelli, which may lead to a series of negative economic and environmental consequences. The incursion of B. cockerelli also provides a unique opportunity to develop a conservation biological control strategy through strategically targeting existing natural enemy communities. In this review, we consider opportunities to develop biological control strategies for B. cockerelli to alleviate the dependence on synthetic insecticides. We highlight the potential of existing natural enemies to contribute toward regulating populations of B. cockerelli in the field and discuss the challenges ahead to strengthen the key role they can play through conservation biological control.
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- Title
- Tomato Potato Psyllid Bactericera cockerelli (Hemiptera: Triozidae) in Australia: Incursion, potential impact and opportunities for biological control
- Authors/Creators
- Shovon Chandra Sarkar - Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia Agroecology and Organic Farming, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, GermanySéverin Hatt - University of BonnAndrew Philips - Murdoch UniversityMahjuba Akter - Murdoch UniversityStephen Paul Milroy - Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA 6150, Australia Agroecology and Organic Farming, Institute of Crop Science and Resource Conservation (INRES), University of Bonn, 53121 Bonn, GermanyWei Xu - Murdoch University, Centre for Sustainable Farming Systems
- Publication Details
- Insects (Basel, Switzerland), Vol.14(3), 263
- Publisher
- MDPI
- Grant note
- 891566 / European Union Murdoch University DE160100382 / Australian Research Council APC P2123 197POT; APC P2123 197VEG / Agricultural Produce Commission
- Identifiers
- 991005566469507891
- Copyright
- © 2023 by the authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Food Futures Institute; School of Agricultural Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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