Global invasion network of the brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys.

ABSTRACT: Human mediated transportation into novel habitats is a prerequisite for the establishment of non-native species that become invasive, so knowledge of common sources may allow prevention. The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB, Halyomorpha halys) is an East Asian species now established across North America and Europe, that in the Eastern United States of America (US) and Italy is causing significant economic losses to agriculture. After US populations were shown to originate from Northern China, others have tried to source BMSB populations now in Canada, Switzerland, Italy, France, Greece, and Hungary. Due to selection of different molecular markers, however, integrating all the datasets to obtain a broader picture of BMSB's expansion has been difficult. To address this limitation we focused

SUBMITTER: Valentin RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5575200 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature