Expansion of the invasive slug species &lt;i&gt;Arion lusitanicus&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1868 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) and dangers to garden crops - a literature review with some new data

Kozłowski, Jan; Kozłowski, R. J.

doi:10.2478/v10125-011-0005-8

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“…obs.). The same pattern has also been found in other countries (Kozlowski & Kozlowski 2011). However, it seems to have established populations in a few deciduous forests in Sweden (von Proschwitz, T., pers.…”

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“…The invasive slug Arion vulgaris (Moquin-Tandon, 1855) (in most of the literature up to now referred to as A. lusitanicus 18�8 (Anderson 2005;Quinteiro et al 2005)) has spread to many parts of Europe, including Scandinavia, during the last few decades (Reischütz 1984;Davies 1987;von Proschwitz 1992;Kaiser et al 1993;Dolmen & Winge 1997;Kozlowski and Kozlowski …”

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Distribution and spread of the invasive slug Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon in Norway

Hatteland

Roth

Andersen³

et al. 2013

Fauna Norv.

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The present distribution of the invasive slug <em>Arion vulgaris</em> Moquin-Tandon was studied in Norway. This important pest species has spread to many parts of Europe during the last decades, inflicting damage to agriculture and domestic gardens. It was first recorded in Norway in 1988, and has since spread to many parts of the country and is now recorded in 192 municipalities. We surveyed the current distribution by sampling and gathering species records in cooperation with garden societies and local authorities. Based on these records, we present distributional data as well as relative predictions of future distributions based on geoclimatic parameters. Currently, <em>A. vulgaris</em> covers most of coastal southern Norway while it shows a patchy distribution in northern Norway, recorded as far north as Finnsnes in Troms County

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Distribution and spread of the invasive slug Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon in Norway

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Roth

Andersen³

et al. 2013

Fauna Norv.

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“…Slug densities of 100 slugs/m 2 were recorded from typical gathering sites with fresh plant debris, compost, deep ditches and shaded slopes of watercourses. In another study from Poland, an average number of 16.8 slugs/m 2 were observed in July in a clover cultivation (Kozlowski and Kozlowski, 2011).…”

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Effect of invasive slug populations (Arion vulgaris) on grass silage

Randby

Gismervik

Andersen

et al. 2015

Animal Feed Science and Technology

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a b s t r a c tThis study aimed to explore how invasive slug populations of Arion vulgaris influence fermentation quality, in-silo losses and aerobic stability of grass silage, and the efficiency of silage additives and wilting to improve the quality of silages from slug contaminated crops. The effect of four levels, including control, of a slug contaminated grass crop, was evaluated in laboratory scale. The crop used was wilted to two dry matter (DM) levels: low (253 g DM/kg) and high (372 g DM/kg). Adult slugs were applied to the low DM crop corresponding to 5 (low level), 10 (medium) and 20 (high level) 7-g sized A. vulgaris per m 2 in an assumed harvested regrowth yield of 2.5 ton DM per ha. For the high DM crop, the applied slug levels corresponded to 6 (low level), 12 (medium) and 24 (high level) slugs per m 2 .At low DM level, the effect of four additive treatments, control (C), inoculation with Lactobacillus plantarum (LP), a formic, propionic and benzoic acid mixture (ACID) and a chemical additive containing benzoic acid, NaNO 2 , hexamethylenetetramine and propionic acid (CHEM) were tested. Increasing slug contamination gave increasing quality reductions both in silages containing 253 and 372 g DM/kg. Compared with untreated silage, LP-treatment did not improve silage fermentation quality of contaminated crops. Treatment with ACID and CHEM, however, considerably improved the quality of heavily contaminated silages. The much higher crude protein concentration in slugs compared to grass crop made slugs a more "difficult-to-ensile" material. Wilting of the harvested crop to 372 g DM/kg was not sufficient to control silage fermentation of slug contaminated crop. With contamination levels from 138 to 553 g fresh slug weight/kg crop DM, efficient silage additives were able to ensure acceptable fermentation quality of grass silages.

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“…One of these is the invasive slug Arion lusitanicus Mabille, 1868(A. vulgaris Moquin Tandom, 1885) (Anderson, 2005), which originates from the south-western part of Europe. Year by year, in Poland and all over Europe, significant crop damage is being caused by slugs Arion lusitanicus (Kozłowski, 2012;Kozłowski and Kozłowska, 2009;Kozłowski and Kozłowski, 2011). Observations have shown that the losses to crops caused by this slug are large, sometimes as high as 70%.…”

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Analysis of studies of the effectiveness of a biological method of protection for organic crops

Kozłowska

Jaskulska

Łącka

et al. 2014

Biometrical Letters

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SUMMARYAs a result of intensive changes in plant production and of environmental changes in agrocenoses, certain agrophages, such as slugs, have in recent years been causing ever increasing amounts of damage to crops of agricultural, horticultural and orchard plants. As a result of the European Parliament and Council Directive adopted on 13 January 2009, the countries of Europe have been required to implement integrated plant protection. One of the principles of this protection is the implementation of strategies which minimize the use of chemical pesticides. Moreover, in accordance with decisions of the European Commission, many active substances have been or are to be withdrawn from the list of available pesticides. An example is metaldehyde, which is to be withdrawn from use in EU countries in the next few years (Commission Decision C/2008/7637 of 5 December 2008). It therefore becomes necessary to seek environmentally safe substances and to develop non-chemical methods for protecting plants against harmful slugs.An alternative to chemical molluscicides is the parasitic nematode Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita. Studies have been made of the effectiveness of this biological method in combating Polish populations of the invasive slug species Arion lusitanicus. This was an incomplete multivariate study, i.e. not all variables could be observed for all treatments on all experimental units. Multivariate model of observations has been derived and a method of analysis has been described. The results of these studies provide a basis for the development of environmentally friendly methods of protecting plants against harmful slugs.

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Expansion of the invasive slug species <i>Arion lusitanicus</i> Mabille, 1868 (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Stylommatophora) and dangers to garden crops - a literature review with some new data

Cited by 28 publications

References 14 publications

Distribution and spread of the invasive slug Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon in Norway

Distribution and spread of the invasive slug Arion vulgaris Moquin-Tandon in Norway

Effect of invasive slug populations (Arion vulgaris) on grass silage

Analysis of studies of the effectiveness of a biological method of protection for organic crops

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