THE ANAGRUS EPOS COMPLEX: A LIKELY SOURCE OF EFFECTIVE CLASSICAL BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS FOR GLASSY-WINGED SHARPSHOOTER CONTROL

• Author(s): Morse, Joseph; Stouthamer, R; Lytle, Jonathan; Mendes, Rodney; Morgan, David; Toscano, Nick; Triapitsyn, Serguei;
• Abstract: The purpose of the work planned in this project is to determine whether the Minnesota strain of the mymarid, Anagrus epos Girault (A. epos), we have in culture on glassy-winged sharpshooter (GWSS) is the same species as A. epos strains previously released in California, how it compares with other A. epos strains, and whether there are other strains of A. epos that should be imported for biological control of GWSS. Without understanding what species we have and how the Minnesota strain is related to similar strains, it is difficult to know how to proceed in selecting strains of this species to culture for mass-rearing and release in California for GWSS control. Concurrently, we will evaluate field releases and establishment of the Minnesota A. epos strain at six release sites in southern California.
• Publication Date: Dec 2005
• Journal: 2005 Pierce's Disease Research Symposium