<div dir="ltr"><div>Great news!</div><div dir="ltr">According to the project website "the USDA-APHIS Technical Advisory Group (TAG) recommended field release in February 2017. The weevil now has to pass further US environmental regulations (section 7 consultation with US Fish and Wildlife Service, tribal and public consultations etc.) before being permitted for release."</div><div>So unless there's an update, it can't be released in the US yet. Like the swallowwort biocontrol agent, it will be a race between the insect moving on its own from Canada and the decision-making process in the US...</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 9:22 AM Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com">ialm@erols.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-4829870805027071556WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hi Tom,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It depends on how fast the weevil moves to new garlic mustard sites. And where else it is released in Canada. For example, the weevils for mile-a-minute move as much as a mile a year. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Marc Imlay, PhD </span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Conservation biologist, Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator. <br></span></b><a title="blocked::tel:(301) 442-5657"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">(301) 442-5657</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"> cell </span></b><a title="blocked::mailto:ialm@erols.com"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">ialm@erols.com</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><br>Natural and Historical Resources Division<br>The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tom Zaleski <<a href="mailto:TZaleski@Newark.de.us" target="_blank">TZaleski@Newark.de.us</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 25, 2019 7:52 AM<br><b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank">ialm@erols.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [MAIPC] garlic mustard weevil biocontrol released in Ontario<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Will the study involve releasing the weevil any where else in the US? I am in northern Delaware and I have Garlic Mustard in our woodlands as well.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MAIPC <<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marc Imlay<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 24, 2019 9:49 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU" target="_blank">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a>; <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] garlic mustard weevil biocontrol released in Ontario<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt"><a href="https://blog.cabi.org/2018/12/18/giving-garlic-mustard-the-biocontrol-treatment/" target="_blank">https://blog.cabi.org/2018/12/18/giving-garlic-mustard-the-biocontrol-treatment/</a><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,58,66)">In August and October 2018, Dr. Rob Bourchier, from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released the <a href="https://www.cabi.org/projects/project/62322" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(66,111,134);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">first biocontrol agent against garlic mustard in North America</span></a> – the root mining weevil <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Ceutorhynchus scrobicollis. </span></i>Weevil larvae in lab-inoculated plants and adults were released at a garlic mustard site in Ontario, Canada.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,58,66)">A population model predicted that of all agents investigated, <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">C. scrobicollis </span></i>will have the most significant impact on garlic mustard. If the weevils survive the winter and establish themselves in the wild, they are expected to reduce the density of the weed at existing sites and slow its spread to new sites. The project will continue to closely monitor the weevil’s progress and assess whether they live up to the model’s prediction.<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,58,66)"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,58,66)"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,58,66);background:white">n 2019, the weevil rearing program at the University of Minnesota, European field collections by CABI and field expertise from AAFC will be combined to expand the number of weevil release sites in Ontario. 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