From Biological Control to Invasion: the Ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a Model Species || From biological control to invasion: the ladybird Harmonia axyridis as a model species

✍ Scribed by Roy, Helen E.; Wajnberg, Eric

• Book ID: 120522319
• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 401 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1402069391
• DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6939-0_1

✦ Synopsis

Harmonia axyridis has been described as the “most invasive ladybird on Earth”. It has a long history of use as a classical biological control agent in the USA and more recently in Europe. This beetle has been effective at controlling pest insects in a variety of crop systems but it poses unacceptable risks by impacting on non-target species as both an intraguild predator and competitor. Written by renowned scientists, this book is a synthesis of recent research on H. axyridis and provides informative insights into current perspectives and future directions. Biological control is an essential component of sustainable agriculture but the distinction between a successful biological control agent and an invasive species can be narrow. We hope that lessons can be learnt from H. axyridis.