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Is Poisonwood Vulnerable to Attack by
Brazilian Peppertree BioControl Agents?
J. P. Cuda1 and W.A. Overholt2
1Entomology & Nematology Dept., Gainesville, FL 32611-0620
2UF/IFAS Indian River REC, Ft. Pierce, FL
19th Annual Southwest Florida Invasive Species Workshop Florida Gulf Coast University, 22 January 2015
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Acknowledgements • Nicole Benda
• Alissa Berro
• Catherine Buchanan
- McGrath
• Rodrigo Diaz
• Veronica Manrique
• Jennifer Possley
• Devon Powell
• FL Industrial & Phosphate
Research Institute
http://www.bookdrum.com/books/the-poisonwood-
bible/9780060786502/bookmarks-26-50.html?bookId=1578
http://www.corozal.bz/daily/y2013/d0406
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Outline • Background on Poisonwood
• Host Shift Case Study
• Predicted Host Ranges
of Brazilian Peppertree
BioControl Candidates
• Questions? Comments?
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Outline • Background on Poisonwood
• Host Shift Case Study
• Predicted Host Ranges
of Brazilian Peppertree
BioControl Candidates
• Questions? Comments?
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Wunderlin and Hansen (2008)
Poisonwood Metopium toxiferum (L.) Krug & Urb.
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Poisonwood Facts • ORIGIN- Native to Florida & Puerto Rico • FL DISTRIBUTION - Martin, Palm Beach, Broward, Miami-Dade & Monroe Counties • DESCRIPTION- - Evergreen Shrub - Highly Toxic - Sympatric w/ Poison Ivy & Brazilian Peppertree - Important Food for Threatened White Crown Pigeon http://floridabirdingtrail.com/index.php/mobile/birds/whit
e-crowned_pigeon/
Wunderlin and Hansen (2008)
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Outline • Background on Poisonwood
• Host Shift Case Study
• Predicted Host Ranges
of Brazilian Peppertree
BioControl Candidates
• Questions? Comments?
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Native Poison Ivy Sawfly
Florida Entomologist (2012)
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Host Shift Study Site
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Host Shift Study Site
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Arge humeralis (Hym: Argidae)
“Poison Ivy” Sawfly
Eggs on Poisonwood
Leaf Margin
Mature Larva
Pupal Case
Adult Female
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Benda et al. (2012)
Host Acceptance Lab Study No-Choice Test
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Wheeler et al. (2014)
Reason for Host Shift
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Outline • Background on Poisonwood
• Host Shift Case Study
• Predicted Host Ranges
of Brazilian Peppertree
BioControl Candidates
• Questions? Comments?
Photo Credit: J. Possley, FTBC
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BioControl Agent Risk Assessment
• Objective- Quantify Risk to Non-target Plants
• Methods- Host Range Tests
– Fundamental (or Physiological) Host Range-
All plants on Which Organism Completes Life
Cycle
• No-Choice Tests
– Realized (or Ecological) Host Range- Plant Spp.
Actually Used Under Field Conditions
• Multiple-Choice Tests
– Realized Host Range Always Narrower than
Fundamental Host Range or Subset
(Hinz et al. 2014)
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Calophya latiforceps (Hemiptera: Calophyidae)
• Native to Brazil,
Adults
– Green & Yellow
• Nymphs
– Form Circular
Pit Galls
• Dorsal Surface
Sclerotized
• Discovered in
2010 Burckhardt et al. (2011)
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Field Host Range of C. latiforceps
• Brazil
– Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi *
* Adults Reared Only from S. terebinthifolia
(Haplotypes B and K)
(Diaz et al. 2014)
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Oviposition and Survival No- Choice Tests
• Gall initiation & development only on BP
• Calophya spp. will not attack phenolic toxin
producing Anacards (Aguilar-Ortigoza and Sosa 2004)
Brazilian Peppertree
Poisonwood
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Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
.
Apocnemidophorus pipitzi
(Col: Curculionidae)
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Field Host Range of A. pipitzi
• Argentina – Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi
– S. molle L.
– Lithrea molleoides (Vell.) Engl.
• Brazil
– Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi * – S. longifolius (Lindl.) Speg.
* Adults Reared from S. terebinthifolia
(Sources: F. D. Bennett, unpubl.; C.W. O’Brien, unpubl.; McKay et al. 2009)
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Field Host Phylogeny of A. pipitzi
sect.
Pseudoduvaua
molleiodes
molle
terebinthifolia
longifolius
polygamus
latifolius
velutinus
kauselii
montanus
patagonicus
Schinus
sgen. Euschinus
sgen.
Duvaua
sect. Euduvaua
Tainarys, irregularly deformed leaf
C. hermicitae group, pit gall
C. rubra group, pit gall
C. rubra group, closed gall
after Burckhardt (2004)
Apocnemidophorus pipitzi restricted to Schinus and Lithrea
(Note: Genus Lithrea not represented in US)
Lithrea
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Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Schinus molle L.
© 1999 John Randall
© 2000 Joe Di Tomaso
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Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Schinus polygamus (Cav.) Cabr.
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Weevil Emergence No-Choice Host Range Tests
Brazilian Peppertree
Poisonwood
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Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Weevil Emergence Multiple Choice Minus Target Host Range Tests *
* Brazilian Peppertree
Hardee Peppertree
(Schinus polygamus)
Bonferroni (Dunn) MCP
p < 0.05
* Weevils Provided with Test Plant Leaves AND Stems for Oviposition & Development;
Brazilian peppertree (SCTE) tested separately
Poisonwood
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Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Larval survival
after 3 d
Larval survival
before pupation
Pupation
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/AC-PR/ACPR06.shtml
Figure 5: Percentage (± std) of larval survival and pupation of H. hubrichi
Significant differences, P < 0.05
Nystelea ebalea (Lep.: Notodontidae)
https://www.flickr.com/photos/rpilla001/6399879349/
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N. ebalea Field Host Range
• Cuba, Mexico, Central & S. America – Anacardium occidentale L.
– Comocladia dentata Jacq.
– Spondias spp.
• Argentina and US (South Florida) – Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi
• Moth Established in Florida Since 1920 – Spondias purpurea L. (Collier & Monroe Co.)
– No Reported Attacks
(Sources: Todd 1973, McKay et al. 2009, Wheeler 2013)
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Wheeler et al. (2014)
Survival & Development No-Choice Host Range Tests
Brazilian Peppertree Poisonwood
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Summary • Poisonwood Important Native Anacard
Sympatric with Brazilian Peppertree in South
Florida
• Calophya Psyllid Example Shows Fundamental
Host Range Does NOT Include Poisonwood
• Apocnemidophorus Weevil Example Suggests
Predicted Field Host Range Does NOT Include
Poisonwood
• Anecdotal Evidence from Nystalea Example
Confirms Field Host Range Since 1920 Does
NOT Include Poisonwood
– No Reported Attacks on Poisonwood or
Purple Mombin (S. purpurea)
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Conclusions • BioControl Agent Release Decisions by USDA
APHIS Focus Almost Exclusively on
“Fundamental Host Range” or No-choice Data
• “Realized Host Range” or Multiple Choice Data
Essentially Ignored
• Conservative Approach is Safe One
– No Evidence of Bioagents Attacking Plants Outside
Fundamental Host Range
• Using Fundamental Host Range as the Only
Criterion Overestimates Risks & Limits the
Available BioAgents
– E.g., USDA Probably Will Not Recommend
Releasing Weevil
(Hintz et al. 2014)
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Thank You
Go Gators!!
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Outline • Background on Poisonwood
• Host Shift Case Study
• Predicted Host Ranges
of Brazilian Peppertree
BioControl Candidates
• Questions? Comments?