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Title: PROPOSED FIELD RELEASE OF THE MELALEUCA BUD-GALL FLY, FERGUSONINA TURNERI TAYLOR (DIPTERA: FERGUSONINIDAE) AND ITS OBLIGATE NEMATODE, FERGUSOBIA QUINQUENERVIA FOR CONTROL OF THE AUSTRALIAN BROAD-LEAVED PAPER BARK TREE.

Author
item Center, Ted
item Wright, Susan
item Buckingham, Gary
item Goolsby, John

Submitted to: Germplasm Release
Publication Type: Germplasm Release
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/16/2005
Publication Date: 1/21/2005
Citation: Center, T.D., Wineriter, S.A., Buckingham, G.R., Goolsby, J. Proposed field release of the melaleuca bud-gall fly, fergusonina turneri taylor (diptera: fergusoninidae) and its obligate nematode, fergusobia quinquenervia for control of the australian broad-leaved paper bark tree.. Germplasm Release. Federal Register Docket No. 04-106-1, 26th October 2004. Permit issued 21st January 2005.

Interpretive Summary: Proposed field release of the melaleuca bud-gall fly, Fergusonina turneri Taylor (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) and its obligate nematode, Fergusobia quinquenervia Davies & Giblin-Davis (Tylenchida: Sphaerulariidae) for control of the Australian broad-leaved paper bark tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T. Blake (Myrtales: Myrtaceae)

Technical Abstract: Proposed field release of the melaleuca bud-gall fly, Fergusonina turneri Taylor (Diptera: Fergusoninidae) and its obligate nematode, Fergusobia quinquenervia Davies & Giblin-Davis (Tylenchida: Sphaerulariidae) for control of the Australian broad-leaved paper bark tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T. Blake (Myrtales: Myrtaceae)