Population genetics suggest that multiple invasion processes need to be addressed in the management plan of a plant disease vector.

ABSTRACT: The use of a multidisciplinary approach is becoming increasingly important when developing management strategies that mitigate the economic and biological costs associated with invasive pests. A framework of simulated dispersal is combined with life-history information and analyses of population genetic structure to investigate the invasion dynamics of a plant disease vector, the island sugarcane planthopper (Eumetopina flavipes), through an archipelago of significant Australian quarantine concern. Analysis of eight microsatellite loci from 648 individuals suggests that frequent, wind-assisted immigration from multiple sources in Papua New Guinea contributes significantly to repeated colonization of far northern islands. However, intermittent wind-assisted immigration better explains patte

SUBMITTER: Anderson KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3684746 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature