Phytoparasitica (2004) 32, 97-99

Levent Gültekin, Hüseyin Zengin and Rüstem Hayat (2004)
Life history of Lixus bardanae on curly dock (Rumex crispus) in Turkey
Phytoparasitica 32 (1), 97-99
Abstract: The biology of Lixus bardanae (F.) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) on curly dock (Rumex crispus L.) in northeastern Anatolia (Bayburt, Erzurum and Kars Provinces), Turkey, was studied during the years 2000 and 2001. L. bardanae completes one generation in a year, overwintering as an adult. It feeds on leaves of the host plant. Females lay eggs individually into stems and the young larvae create galleries in stems while feeding. Pupation occurs inside stems in cells fashioned from frass. In late September, adults move into soil and overwinter in an upright position around the roots of the host plant. Infestation levels were found to range between 34% and 84%. Two parasitoids, Exeristes roborator F. and Endromopoda phragmitidis Perve (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), were reared from L. bardanae.
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Database assignments for author(s): Levent Gültekin, Rüstem Hayat

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
biocontrol - natural enemies
Research topic(s) for beneficials or antagonists:
general biology - morphology - evolution
population dynamics/epizootiology

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Rumex crispus (weed)		Turkey
Lixus bardanae (weed bioagent)	Rumex crispus (weed)		Turkey