- Title
- Population genetics of invasive and native Nymphaea mexicana Zuccarini: Taking the first steps to initiate a biological control programme in South Africa
- Creator
- Reid, Megan, Naidu, Prinavin, Paterson, Iain D, Mangan, Rosie, Coetzee, Julie A
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2021
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/419375
- Identifier
- vital:71638
- Identifier
- xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquabot.2021.103372"
- Description
- Nymphaea mexicana Zuccarini (Nympheaceae) (Mexican waterlily) is a rooted floating-leaved aquatic plant native to southern USA and Mexico that has become a problematic invasive alien plant in South Africa. Biological control is considered a desirable management strategy for the plant in South Africa. A good understanding of the genetic structure of invasive populations has been useful in other biological control programmes because taxonomic uncertainty about the target plant can result in natural enemies that are not adapted to the invasive populations being considered as potential agents. For N. mexicana, hybrids exist in the wild and horticultural trade, but identification is difficult, so understanding the genetic structure of populations is required to ensure that potential agents are collected off plants similar to invasive populations in South Africa. ISSR (inter-simple sequence repeats) analysis was used to determine whether invasive N. mexicana populations from South Africa were genetically similar to native range populations from USA or whether they were hybrids. Results from these analyses were matched with the morphotypes of each population based on petal colour, shape, and size. The genotypes suggested by the ISSR analyses corroborated the presence of both hybrid and pure forms of N. mexicana in South Africa. Populations of N. mexicana in the invaded range that are genetically similar to native range populations are more likely to be suitable for biological control, while other populations are likely to be hybrids formed by crossing of parents from the native range or within the horticultural trade, which may present difficulties for management using biocontrol.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (9 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Aquatic Botany, Reid, M.K., Naidu, P., Paterson, I.D., Mangan, R. and Coetzee, J.A., 2021. Population genetics of invasive and native Nymphaea mexicana Zuccarini: Taking the first steps to initiate a biological control programme in South Africa. Aquatic Botany, 171, p.103372, Aquatic Botany volume 171 p. 103372 2021 1879-1522
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Paterson, Iain D (Associate Professor)
Coetzee, Julie A (Prof)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
RU Department of Botany
SDG 15. Life On Land
SDG 14. Life Below Water
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