- Title
- Chlorophyll fluorometry as a method of determining the effectiveness of a biological control agent in post-release evaluations
- Creator
- Miller, Benjamin E, Coetzee, Julie A, Hill, Martin P
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2019
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/417438
- Identifier
- vital:71453
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1080/09583157.2019.1656165"
- Description
- The impact of the planthopper Megamelus scutellaris, a biocontrol agent of water hyacinth in South Africa, was assessed using chlorophyll fluorometry in a greenhouse study under two different eutrophic nutrient treatments and agent densities (high and low). The results indicated that plants grown in low nutrients with high densities of M. scutellaris showed the greatest reduction in the fluorescence parameters Fv/Fm and PIabs. The successful use of chlorophyll fluorometry for the detection of subtle insect damage to water hyacinth leaves could have future application in post-release studies to measure the impact of M. scutellaris in the field.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (5 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Online
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Biocontrol Science and Technology, Miller, B.E., Coetzee, J. and Hill, M., 2019. Chlorophyll fluorometry as a method of determining the effectiveness of a biological control agent in post-release evaluations. Biocontrol Science and Technology, 29(11), pp.1118-1122, Biocontrol Science and Technology volume 29 number 11 p. 1118 2019 1360-0478
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- Closed Access
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Miller, Benjamin
Coetzee, Julie A (Prof)
Hill, Martin Patrick (Distinguished Professor)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems
RU Department of Botany
SDG 14. Life Below Water
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
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