Claim · model-written summary
A scale insect was prioritized for host specificity study.
- Taxon
- Prickly acacia
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Vachellia niloticae0 - Interactor
- a scale insecte1herbivore
- Outcome
- prioritised for host specificity studiese1
Verbatim
e0“Prickly acacia (Acacia nilotica subsp. indica)”
e1“a leaf-webbing caterpillar, a scale insect, two species of leaf-feeding weevils and a rust fungus infecting leaves and inducing galls on rachis and pods have been prioritised for host specificity studies”
Title
New biological control opportunities for prickly acacia: exploration in India.
K. Dhileepan; A. Balu; S. I. Ahmed; et al. 2010
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- Observation Surveys recorded 77 insect species in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
- Observation Surveys recorded 14 diseases in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
- Observation Surveys documented 14 insect species in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
- Observation Surveys documented 11 diseases in Rajasthan and Gujarat.
- Recommendation A leaf-webbing caterpillar was prioritized for host specificity study.
- Recommendation Two leaf-feeding weevil species were prioritized for host specificity study.
- Recommendation A rust fungus inducing galls was prioritized for host specificity study.