Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Puccinia lagenophorae as a biocontrol agent
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Status of Puccinia lagenophorae as a biocontrol agent for Senecio madagascariensis in Hawaii

Isolates of Puccinia lagenophorae (Basidiomycetes: Uredinales), a fungal pathogen which causes rust disease, were introduced to Hawaii from Australia, South Africa, and Madagascar in 1999 to control fireweed (Senecio madagascariensis) . The rust severely affects its target host; however, it has also been shown to affect other members of the Asteraceae. Of 48 species tested, two Hawaiian endemic species (Tetramolopium filiforme and Tetramolopium rockii) and three non-native species were susceptible to infection by the rust. (info from http://www.hear.org/bibliography/references/9459_culliney_2003/ accessed 20091104; http://apsjournals.apsnet.org/toc/phyto/91/6s (aka http://apsjournals.apsnet.org.eres.library.manoa.hawaii.edu/doi/pdf/10.1094/PHYTO.2001.91.6.S1 cited at http://www.hear.org/pph/publications/154.htm) accessed 20091214; info as of 2001 & 2003)

References for Puccinia lagenophorae as a biocontrol agent for Senecio madagascariensis in Hawaii

Introductions for biological control in Hawaii 1997-2001
Culliney, Thomas W., Walter T. Nagamine, and Kenneth K. Teramoto. 2003. Introductions for biological control in Hawaii 1997-2001. Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. (2003) 36:145-153. (http://www.hear.org/bibliography/references/9459_culliney_2003/)

Evaluation of Puccinia lagenophorae as a biocontrol agent for Senecio madagascariensis in Hawaii
Evaluation of Puccinia lagenophorae as a biocontrol agent for Senecio madagascariensis in Hawaii. Phytopathology 91:S48. Publication no. P-2001-0347-AMA. (http://www.hear.org/bibliography/references/9514_killgore_etal_2001/)


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