By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Agriculture Week -- Current study results on Neobiota have been published. According to news reporting from Pavia, Italy, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, “Ambrosia artemisiifolia (common ragweed) is an invasive species native to North America and was accidentally introduced to Europe in the 19th century. Widespread in disturbed habitats, it is a major weed in spring-sown crops and it causes serious allergic rhinitis and asthma due to its allergenic pollen.”
The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from the University of Pavia, “The aim of this research was to analyse the effects of both competitive vegetation and herbivory by Ophraella communa to control A. artemisiifolia in an agricultural area of north-western Italy. Hayseed mixtures, both over-seeded over the resident plant community or after ploughing, when seeded before the winter season, were able to suppress the establishment of A. artemisiifolia as well as to reduce its growth in terms of plant height and inflorescence size. Defoliation of A. artemisiifolia by O. communa at the end of the growing season was conspicuous but most of the plants still produced flowers and seeds. However, significant O. communa attack was recorded for reproductive structures. As for non-target species, O. communa was mainly recorded on Asteraceae, with low density and low degree of damage. Reduction of inflorescence size due to competitive vegetation and damage to male flowers by O. communa may diminish the amount of available pollen.”
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The results of this study may be useful for the implementation of management measures to control A. artemisiifolia in agricultural areas using mixtures of native species.”
For more information on this research see: Ambrosia artemisiifolia control in agricultural areas: effect of grassland seeding and herbivory by the exotic leaf beetle Ophraella communa. Neobiota , 2018;(38):1-22. Neobiota can be contacted at: Pensoft Publ, 12 Prof Georgi Zlatarski St, Sofia, 1700, Bulgaria.
Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting E. Cardarelli, University of Pavia, Dept. of Earth & Environm Sci, I-27100 Pavia, Italy. Additional authors for this research include A. Musacchio, C. Montagnani, G. Bogliani, S. Citterio and R. Gentili.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.38.23562. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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CITATION: (2018-04-19), Recent Research from University of Pavia Highlight Findings in Neobiota (Ambrosia artemisiifolia control in agricultural areas: effect of grassland seeding and herbivory by the exotic leaf beetle Ophraella communa), Agriculture Week, 238, ISSN: 1938-1794, BUTTER® ID: 015511117
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