TY  - JOUR
AU  - Asadi, Gorban Ali
AU  - Ghorbani, Reza
AU  - Cristofaro, Massimo
AU  - Chetverikov, Philipp E.
AU  - Petanović, Radmila
AU  - Vidović, Biljana
AU  - Schaffner, Urs
PY  - 2014
UR  - http://aspace.agrif.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3523
AB  - Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo is a clonal Asteraceae plant native to Asia and highly invasive in North America. We conducted open-field experiments in Iran to assess the impact of the biological control candidate, Aceria acroptiloni Shevchenko & Kovalev (Acari, Eriophyidae), on the target weed. Using three different experimental approaches, we found that mite attack reduced the biomass of R. repens shoots by 40-75 %. Except for the initial year of artificial infestation by A. acroptiloni of R. repens shoots, the number of seed heads was reduced by 60-80 % and the number of seeds by 95-98 %. Morphological investigations of the mite complex attacking R. repens at the experimental field site revealed that A. acroptiloni was by far the dominant mite species. We conclude that the mite A. acroptiloni is a promising biological control candidate inflicting significant impact on the above-ground biomass and reproductive output of the invasive plant R. repens.
PB  - Springer, Dordrecht
T2  - Biocontrol
T1  - The impact of the flower mite Aceria acroptiloni on the invasive plant Russian knapweed, Rhaponticum repens, in its native range
EP  - 375
IS  - 3
SP  - 367
VL  - 59
DO  - 10.1007/s10526-014-9573-z
ER  - 

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author = "Asadi, Gorban Ali and Ghorbani, Reza and Cristofaro, Massimo and Chetverikov, Philipp E. and Petanović, Radmila and Vidović, Biljana and Schaffner, Urs",
year = "2014",
abstract = "Rhaponticum repens (L.) Hidalgo is a clonal Asteraceae plant native to Asia and highly invasive in North America. We conducted open-field experiments in Iran to assess the impact of the biological control candidate, Aceria acroptiloni Shevchenko & Kovalev (Acari, Eriophyidae), on the target weed. Using three different experimental approaches, we found that mite attack reduced the biomass of R. repens shoots by 40-75 %. Except for the initial year of artificial infestation by A. acroptiloni of R. repens shoots, the number of seed heads was reduced by 60-80 % and the number of seeds by 95-98 %. Morphological investigations of the mite complex attacking R. repens at the experimental field site revealed that A. acroptiloni was by far the dominant mite species. We conclude that the mite A. acroptiloni is a promising biological control candidate inflicting significant impact on the above-ground biomass and reproductive output of the invasive plant R. repens.",
publisher = "Springer, Dordrecht",
journal = "Biocontrol",
title = "The impact of the flower mite Aceria acroptiloni on the invasive plant Russian knapweed, Rhaponticum repens, in its native range",
pages = "375-367",
number = "3",
volume = "59",
doi = "10.1007/s10526-014-9573-z"
}

Asadi, G. A., Ghorbani, R., Cristofaro, M., Chetverikov, P. E., Petanović, R., Vidović, B.,& Schaffner, U.. (2014). The impact of the flower mite Aceria acroptiloni on the invasive plant Russian knapweed, Rhaponticum repens, in its native range. in Biocontrol
Springer, Dordrecht., 59(3), 367-375.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-014-9573-z

Asadi GA, Ghorbani R, Cristofaro M, Chetverikov PE, Petanović R, Vidović B, Schaffner U. The impact of the flower mite Aceria acroptiloni on the invasive plant Russian knapweed, Rhaponticum repens, in its native range. in Biocontrol. 2014;59(3):367-375.
doi:10.1007/s10526-014-9573-z .

Asadi, Gorban Ali, Ghorbani, Reza, Cristofaro, Massimo, Chetverikov, Philipp E., Petanović, Radmila, Vidović, Biljana, Schaffner, Urs, "The impact of the flower mite Aceria acroptiloni on the invasive plant Russian knapweed, Rhaponticum repens, in its native range" in Biocontrol, 59, no. 3 (2014):367-375,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10526-014-9573-z . .