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  title info:
    title: Biological Parameters of Crapemyrtle Bark Scale (CMBS; Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae) and the Plant-Insect Interactions Between Host Plants and CMBS
  name:
    name part: Xie, Runshi
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: Gu, Mengmeng
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Qin, Hongmin
    role:
      role term: thesis advisor.
  name:
    name part: Texas A&M University
    role:
      role term: degree granting institution.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: txu
    date issued: 2023
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource.
  abstract: Crapemyrtle Bark Scale (Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae; CMBS) is an invasive pest species that causes aesthetic and economic damage to crapemyrtles and poses potential threats to other horticultural crops in the United States. Recent reports have revealed the infestation of CMBS on the US native species, such as American beautyberry (Callicarpa spp.) and Hypericum kalmianum L. (St. Johnswort). Although previous studies reported this insect⁰́₉s host range in its native range, the potential threats of CMBS to other documented alternative hosts and native species in the United States needs to be confirmed. Furthermore, previous knowledge regarding the biological parameters of CMBS, such as developmental stages and durations, population dynamics, and reproductive behaviors, remains elusive. To better understand CMBS as an invasive insect in the United States, we investigated its biological parameters by conducting insect feeding trials and life table studies under various conditions such as different plant nutrient conditions or different hosts. Feeding preference studies of CMBS were conducted on forty-nine plant species and cultivars in 2016 and 2019, to gain insight into the expansion of CMBS distribution in the United States, as well as other regions of the world. The infestations of CMBS were confirmed on apple (Malus domestica), Chaenomeles speciosa, Disopyros rhombifolia, Heimia salicifolia, Lagerstroemia ⁰́₈Spiced Plum⁰́₉, M. angustifolia, and twelve out of thirty-five pomegranate cultivars. In this study, we also constructed the first comprehensive life table for CMBS to characterize its biological parameters, including developmental stages, reproductive behavior, and fecundity. The indirect effect of three plant nutrient conditions (water, 0.01MS, and 0.1MS) and different Lagerstroemia species and cultivars on CMBS populations was examined using the age-stage, two-sex life table. The demographic analyses revealed that the plant nutrient conditions and different …
  note: by Runshi Xie.
  note: "Major Subject: Horticulture"
  note: Includes vita.
  note: Doctor of Philosophy Texas A&M University 2022 https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/198132
  note: Includes bibliographical references.
  note: Text (Dissertation)
  subject:
    topic: Major Horticulture
  subject:
    topic: alternative host
  subject:
    topic: Eriococcus
  subject:
    topic: exotic scale insect
  subject:
    topic: host range
  subject:
    topic: phylogeny
  subject:
    topic: species identification
  subject:
    topic: life table
  subject:
    topic: population dynamics
  identifier: https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/198132
  record info:
    record content source: TXA
    record creation date: 240828
    record change date: 20240829173519.0
    record identifier: in00005468658
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng