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| Venâncio, Henrique; Bianchi, Renata Alexandre; Lobato, Thaís Oliveira Santos; Sampaio, Marcus Vinícius; Santos, Jean Carlos. |
| The establishment of invasive plants negatively affects natural environments. Invasive herbivores that attack weeds can be used as a form of biological control, but natural enemies of herbivores must be associated with this interaction to prevent the invasive phytophagous from become a local pest. We performed a greenhouse experiment to evaluate how the cotton aphid, Aphis gossypii, a ok and invasive herbivore, affects the performance of the weed Tithonia diversifolia, the Mexican sunflower. We also examined the relationship between the aphid and local natural enemies. Seedlings of T. diversifolia were divided in two groups: one infested by the aphid and another not infested. After 22 days, we assessed the relationship between aphid abundance and the... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Tithonia diversifolia; Cotton aphid; Aphidius platensis; Coccinelidae; Biological control.. |
| Ano: 2020 |
URL: http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/47120 |
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