[MAIPC] CORRECTED 3440 : Requests for Forest Health Protection Special Project Proposals for Fiscal Year 2016 : REPLY DUE 2016-12-15
Marc Imlay
ialm at erols.com
Tue Sep 6 06:02:21 PDT 2016
Let’s facilitate grants proposals for biological control research for our
share of species invasive in the Mid-Atlantic.
Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group
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Subject: FW: CORRECTED 3440 : Requests for Forest Health Protection Special
Project Proposals for Fiscal Year 2016 : REPLY DUE 2016-12-15
Here is the announcement for BCIP –please spread the word .thanks
Program Manager
Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team
180 Canfield Street
Morgantown, WV 26505
(304)285-1566
For”Biological Control of Invasive Plants (BCIP) – A program to provide
funding for development of technologies to address the spread and impacts of
invasive plants.” I recommend
Lesser Celandine and wavyleaf basketgrass.
Marc Imlay, PhD
Chair of the Biodiversity and Habitat Stewardship Committee for the Maryland
Chapter of the Sierra Club.
Marc Imlay, PhD, Chair, MAIPC Biological control working Group Conservation
biologist,
Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator.
<mailto:Marc.Imlay at pgparks.com> Marc.Imlay at pgparks.com
(301) 442-5657 cell Natural and Historical Resources Division
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission
Here is the review by pathologist Bill Bruckart that justifies research into
a biological control for Fig Buttercup (Lesser Celandine).
From: Bruckart, William [ <mailto:William.Bruckart at ARS.USDA.GOV>
mailto:William.Bruckart at ARS.USDA.GOV]
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 2:37 PM
To: Imlay, Marc < <mailto:Marc.Imlay at pgparks.com> Marc.Imlay at pgparks.com>;
<mailto:jhough at udel.edu> jhough at udel.edu
Cc: <mailto:ialm at erols.com> ialm at erols.com
Subject: RE: [MAIPC] lesser celandine control
Hi Marc,
Thanks for your call. I’ve got the email going and have had chance to
review your inquiry. The short answer is that the pathogens listed could
make the difference. Synchytrium is soil-borne, too, and might be promising
for that reason.
If you will indulge me, there are a couple of things that are worthy of
consideration while all this is getting organized. Obviously, densities
where it is native are not oppressive. Is there any information about what
keeps populations in check where it’s native? It seems that a lot could be
learned fairly quickly in Europe that would facilitate conclusion about the
potential for biological control. With more effort, other discoveries are
possible. The tendency is to look at visible parts of the plant, but there
could be a whole complex (or one or two) of organisms that affect bulb
health, as well. Artificial treatments (inoculations) with pathogens and
insects could also be tested. It may be that, despite the ephemeral nature
of the plant, there are organisms (pathogens?) capable of being in place at
the right time and thus effective. That would make selection of test
species for the U.S. easier. Also, one could look at related plant species
(there might be way to test N. Am. relatives in the field, too) to determine
non-target risk as well. There are some contacts in Europe that could
possibly be connected to such a study.
It seems worth looking into, Marc. Let me know what develops, please. All
the best.
Cheers!
Bill
William L. Bruckart, III
USDA, ARS, FDWSRU
1301 Ditto Ave.
Ft. Detrick, MD 21702
Phone: 301/619-2846
Email: <mailto:william.bruckart at ars.usda.gov> william.bruckart at ars.usda.gov
From: Imlay, Marc [ <mailto:Marc.Imlay at pgparks.com>
mailto:Marc.Imlay at pgparks.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2015 5:39 AM
To: <mailto:jhough at udel.edu> jhough at udel.edu; Bruckart, William
Cc: <mailto:ialm at erols.com> ialm at erols.com
Subject: RE: [MAIPC] lesser celandine control
Hi Judy and Bill,
Thanks for the information Judy. It appears that a different species is best
for the Sierra Club action alert. If we do focus on Lesser Celandine we
would request research funding for the host specific pathogens. However,
Bill, what about the comment “Heil and Ploss (2006) reported minimal induced
disease resistance in lesser celandine but noted that its ephemeral habit
may allow it to grow and reproduce under low pathogen pressure.” Would any
of the 9 host specific pathogens have significant potential to create
pathogen pressure that is not low if applied in America?
From: Hough-Goldstein, J A [ <mailto:jhough at udel.edu>
mailto:jhough at udel.edu]
Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 11:33 AM
To: Imlay, Marc
Subject: Lesser celandine
Mark,
This recent review is not very encouraging re. biocontrol, saying there is
only one (non-specific) moth known (and this is in Europe, which is its
homeland), and several diseases. Also there are several closely related
native Ranunculaceae.
From: Marc Imlay [ <mailto:ialm at erols.com> mailto:ialm at erols.com]
Sent: Friday, May 01, 2015 11:30 AM
To: 'Wu, Yun -FS'; 'Bruckart, William'; <mailto:Jil_Swearingen at NPS.GOV>
Jil_Swearingen at NPS.GOV; 'Reardon, Richard C -FS'; 'Wu, Yun -FS';
<mailto:ipetrus1 at verizon.net> ipetrus1 at verizon.net
Cc: 'Bailey, Whitney - FS'; Ellis, Michael; Imlay, Marc
Subject: RE: [MAIPC] lesser celandine control
Hi Yun, Jill, John Peter, Judy, Bill and Richard,
Speaking of "No biological control agents are currently available or being
investigated for fig buttercup." What are the possibilities of research
finding a safe, effective biological control for Lesser Celandine/ fig
buttercup? I would like to help the Maryland Sierra Club prepare an action
alert to generate funds just as we did 3 years ago for Japanese stilt grass
which generated 750 replies in 2 days and the participants received a
response from Senator Mikulski adding a great amount of federal $ to the
budget for funding biological control research of Japanese Stiltgrass and
other Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species.
“Potential for Biological Control
There are currently no biological agents available for control of lesser
celandine. Taylor and Markham (1978) noted the lack of recorded insects that
feed on lesser
celandine, identifying only the larvae of Olindia ulmana [Hu¨bner, 1823]
(Olindia schumacherana [Fabricius, 1787]), a common non–host-specific moth
in Britain.
Lesser celandine was recorded as a probable source of food for lepidopteran
larvae of Camptogramma bilineata L. after hibernation (Knill-Jones 1982).
Plant pathogens that have
been identified on lesser celandine include the host-specific fungal rust
Uromyces ficariae (Schumach) Lev. (Minter and Tykhonenko 2002); downy mildew
(Peronospora ficariae
Tul.) (Hall 1998); fungal leaf spot (Entyloma ficariae Thu¨m. & A.A. Fisch.
Waldh.) (Mordue 1998); fungal rusts Uromyces dactylidis Otth and U. rumicis
(Schumach) G.
Winter; smut fungi Urocystis ficariae (Unger) Moesz and Entyloma
ranunculi-repentis Sternon (Termorshuizen 2005); fungal leaf spot Septoria
ficariae Desm.; and fungal
leaf gall Synchytrium anomalum Schroet. (Taylor and Markham 1978). Heil and
Ploss (2006) reported minimal induced disease resistance in lesser celandine
but noted that
its ephemeral habit may allow it to grow and reproduce under low pathogen
pressure. The ephemeral nature of lesser celandine reduces viable biocontrol
options. The
existence of many native members of the Ranunculaceae in North America,
several being closely related to the target species, also reduces the
chances of identifying effective
host-specific biocontrol agents.”
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