A comparison of methods for selecting non-target species for risk assessment of the biological control agent Cotesia urabae

Todd, Jacqui H.; Barratt, B. I. P.; Withers, T. M.; Berndt, Lisa A.; Gresham, Belinda A.; Avila, Gonzalo A.; Malone, Louise A.

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“…This included the nine species originally selected for host range testing with C. urabae prior to its release . The PRONTI list and the original list were very similar, with five NTS in the top nine on both lists (Todd et al, 2016). Post-release laboratory testing has shown that two of these species, Tyria jacobaeae (L.) and Nyctemera annulata Boisduval (Lepidoptera: Erebidae), can be parasitized by C. urabae (Avila et al, 2016), suggesting that the placement of these two species at the top of both lists was appropriate.…”

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“…We have used two parasitoid EBCA previously released in New Zealand to test the PRONTI tool: the Moroccan strain of Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), released in 1982 to control Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and Cotesia urabae (Austin & Allen) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), released in 2011 to control Uraba lugens Walker (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) (Barratt et al, 2016;Todd et al, 2016). For each test, we compared the prioritised list of species produced by PRONTI with the list of test species that were selected using conventional methods prior to the agent's release.…”

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Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Langkawi, Malaysia, September 11-15, 2017

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2017

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Accidental introductions of natural enemies, including parasitoid and predatory groups, may exceed species introduced intentionally. Several factors favor this: a general surge in international trade; lack of surveillance for species that are not associated with live plants or animals; inability to intercept tiny organisms such as parasitoids; huge invasive host populations in source and/or receiving areas that allow rapid establishment; and lack of aggressive screening for pests already established. Recent frequent and surprisingly rapid accidental natural enemy introductions call into question the regulatory emphasis on a rigorous and protracted process for classical biological control (CBC) introductions, when adventives have a high probability to displace or disrupt this planned process. We provide an overview with three brief case studies.The volume of global international trade is staggering, and it continues to increase. International shipping moves 127 million containers (TEUs, each ~40m³ in volume and weighing ~14 tonnes) per year between countries, the majority between continents, for a total of ~5 billion m³ of freight (2014 totals; World Shipping Council, 2017). About 4x this amount moves domestically in coastal shipping. Additionally, 3.2 billion passenger trips take place by air, and air freight amounts to ~185 million tonnes (about 1/50th of the weight shipped by boat, but delivered in <1 day) (2014 totals;. A single adult parasitoid weighs about 1 mg (Harvey et al., 2006), or approximately 70 parts per trillion of a single shipping container -less than a needle in a haystack -and 350,000 such haystacks arrive from foreign ports worldwide per day! Given this massive exchange of merchandise, invading natural enemies are of low to vanishing priority for national authorities inspecting imports for harmful organisms and other threats. Primary concerns are plant and animal pests and pathogens that will do the most serious and immediate damage, not to mention a host of other non-biological concerns such as terrorism, hazardous substances, and material that is illegal, smuggled, and/or counterfeit. In the US Department of Agriculture, the very name APHIS PPQ (Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine) reflects these priorities, and, aside from known plant and animal pests and pathogens, and their associated carriers, very little else attracts the attention of border patrol inspectors.Reece Sailer, in a prescient perspective, estimated the number of "beneficial immigrant species" to the US, determining that nearly half (134 of 287=47%) had been accidentally introduced (numbers from his Figure 6, not his text). "As an entomologist specialized in References Blossey, B. (2016) The future of biological control: a proposal for fundamental reform. In: Van

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Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Langkawi, Malaysia, September 11-15, 2017

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Gillespie²,

Vincent³

2017

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“…PRONTI has been actively tested for its ability to improve the selection of invertebrate species for risk assessment of entomophagous BCA with two BCAs previously released in New Zealand. These were Microctonus aethiopoides Loan (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) released to control Sitona discoideus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), and Cotesia urabae Austin & Allen (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) released to control Uraba lugens Walker (Lepidoptera: Nolidae) Todd et al 2016).…”

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Comparing traditional methods of test species selection with the PRONTI tool for host-range testing of Eadya daenerys (Braconidae)

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A computer-based tool (PRONTI; Priority Ranking Of Non-Target Invertebrates) has been developed to assist the selection of invertebrate species for risk-assessment testing with entomophagous biological control agents (BCAs). PRONTI was used to produce a prioritised list of taxa for host-range testing with the braconid parasitoid Eadya daenerys, a potential BCA for the eucalypt pest, Paropsis charybdis. The resulting list was compared with a list developed using traditional species selection methods. Seven of the nine species on the traditional list were in the PRONTI top 20. The remaining two species (Agasicles hygrophila and Cassida rubiginosa) may not have been selected if the PRONTI tool had been used. These two species were on the traditional list because they are in the same family as the target and are considered valuable BCAs. Alternative BCAs were prioritised by PRONTI. The other 13 taxa prioritised by PRONTI were not on the traditional list: the taxa are little-known natives in the target subfamily or sister subfamily but larvae are presumed to be root-feeders, whereas target larvae are leaf-feeders. PRONTI can support the traditional approach by providing transparent evidence to support the selection (or rejection) of non-target species for host-range testing.

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A comparison of methods for selecting non-target species for risk assessment of the biological control agent Cotesia urabae

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Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Langkawi, Malaysia, September 11-15, 2017

Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Langkawi, Malaysia, September 11-15, 2017

Comparing traditional methods of test species selection with the PRONTI tool for host-range testing of Eadya daenerys (Braconidae)

Analyzing Pest Risk in the Context of Climate Change

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