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- Title
Exploiting exotic pathogens as mycoherbicides against invasive alien weeds: Japanese knotweed as a case study.
- Authors
Kurose, Daisuke; Seier, Marion K; Evans, Harry C
- Abstract
Plant species have been introduced increasingly into non‐native ranges, where many have become exotic weeds with adverse impacts on native ecosystems, as well as on farming and other livelihoods. In biological control, the classical or inoculative approach is the one most commonly used for the management of invasive alien weeds and is based on the use of co‐evolved natural enemies from the native range to control the invasive weed. Typically, the inundative or mycoherbicide approach targets problematic weeds using local plant pathogens that, in the case of introduced species, have 'jumped' onto the exotic host. The leaf‐spot fungus, Mycosphaerella polygoni‐cuspidati, co‐evolved with its host, Reynoutria (Fallopia) japonica (Japanese knotweed), in Japan and has a unique history of being investigated both as a classical biological control agent and a mycoherbicide against this highly invasive weed in the United Kingdom and North America. Here, we highlight our research on M. polygoni‐cuspidati as part of a biological control programme for Japanese knotweed and review the potential of mycoherbicides using exotic pathogens for the management of invasive alien weeds. © 2023 The Authors. Pest Management Science published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Society of Chemical Industry.
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL weed control; NOXIOUS weeds; INVASIVE plants; JAPANESE knotweed; INTRODUCED species; SOCIETY of Chemical Industry (Great Britain); JOHN Wiley &; Sons Inc.; BIOLOGICAL pest control agents; PEST control; WEED control
- Publication
Pest Management Science, 2024, Vol 80, Issue 1, p87
- ISSN
1526-498X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ps.7510