Biocontrol Science and Technology (2008) 18, 209-214

Heiri Wandeler, Wolfgang Nentwig and Sven Bacher (2008)
Establishing systemic rust infections in Cirsium arvense in the field
Biocontrol Science and Technology 18 (2), 209-214
Abstract: An existing method to induce systemic rust infections in creeping thistles (Cirsium arvense) using an insect vector, the weevil Ceratapion onopordi, was successfully applied in the field. Urediniospores of Puccinia punctiformis were experimentally transmitted to naturally grown thistles, to our knowledge for the first time resulting in systemically infected shoots in an established thistle population.
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Database assignments for author(s): Wolfgang Nentwig, Sven Bacher

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
application technology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Cirsium arvense (weed)
Puccinia punctiformis (weed pathogen)	Cirsium arvense (weed)		Switzerland
Ceratapion onopordi (weed bioagent)	Cirsium arvense (weed)		Switzerland