Abstract
The potential for novel pests to attack indigenous plants can be examined in non-native ranges of these plants. We used perennial native New Zealand plant species growing in botanic gardens and on public spaces in southern California to explore new associations between these plants, the bacterium Xylella fastidiosa, and its vector, the invasive insect pest, Homalodisca vitripennis (the glassy-winged sharpshooter), both of which are not yet present in New Zealand. Further, we examined the biocontrol potential of egg parasitoids against H. vitripennis on New Zealand plant hosts in southern California. We make the case for the inclusion of biocontrol as an early-response strategy against H. vitripennis should this pest invade New Zealand, and outline the steps required to make biocontrol part of a rapid-response management plan should an incursion and localized establishment occur.
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We are grateful to southern California’s botanic gardens and arboreta staff Tim Thibault, Jim Henrich, Frank McDonough, Mario Llanos and Liz Rozycki for their generosity and hospitality. Matt Daugherty provided laboratory space at UC Riverside. Nic Bolstridge assisted with transfer permit arrangements. We thank Quentin Paynter for helpful comments on this manuscript. This project was supported by Core funding to Landcare Research from the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
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Groenteman, R., Forgie, S.A., Hoddle, M.S. et al. Assessing invasion threats: novel insect-pathogen-natural enemy associations with native New Zealand plants in southern California. Biol Invasions 17, 1299–1305 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-014-0804-0
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