First Report of Phytomyza orobanchia (Diptera: Agromyzidae) from Poland and Chymomyza amoena (Diptera: Drosophilidae) on Phelipanche ramosa (Orobanchaceae)

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Effect of Infestation Density with Phelipanche aegyptiaca on the Efficiency of Bio-agent, Phytomyza orobanchia and Infestation by Tuta absoluta on Tomato Crop at El-Beheira Governorate, Egypt

“…In line with the findings obtained in the current study, Piwowarczyk et al (2018) reported that the infestation of Phelipanche ramosa by P. orobanchia in tomato crops was observed in the form of mining in flowers (ovary with seeds), shoots, and tubers. A single broomrape plant could be parasitized by 1 to 10 larvae.…”

Culturable endophytic bacteria from Phelipanche ramosa (Orobanchaceae) seeds

“…P. ramosa is one of the most important root parasites in agriculture. Expansiveness of P. ramosa resulted from producing large quantities of long-living seeds (Joel et al, 2007; Piwowarczyk et al, 2018). Endophytes may be one of the factors promoting seed viability and germination (Truyens et al, 2015).…”

“…On the other hand, data show that this bacteria occurs in insect gut and can be a novel entomopathogen of Anomala dimidiata and Holotrichia longipennis (Scarabaeidae: Coleoptera) (Selvakumar et al, 2011). This is notable with respect to entomopathogenic potential because P. ramosa is attacked by the monophagous fly Phytomyza orobanchia (Diptera: Agromyzidae), whose larvae can reduce seed production by 30–90%, and this is the most effective biological control agent of broomrape (Klein and Kroschel, 2002; Piwowarczyk et al, 2018). It is possible that this bacteria could be transferred by seeds of P. ramosa to P. orobanchia larvae or other insects during the feeding process.…”

“…Orobanche ramosa L.) is one of the most aggressive and economically important broomrape weeds and attacks various crops, especially tomato and tobacco (Solanaceae), as well as many other cultivated, ornamental and wild plants from the Brassicaceae, Cannabaceae, Fabaceae, Apiaceae and Asteraceae. P. ramosa occurs natively in Eurasia and North Africa, but its range is even wider due to introduction into Australia and North America (Piwowarczyk et al, 2018). P. ramosa has an extraordinary capacity for propagation because each individual plant may produce up to 500,000 extremely small seeds (usually between 200 and 400 μm) (Joel et al, 2012), with reticulate testa with fibrillary ornamentation of the periclinal wall (Piwowarczyk, 2015).…”