Evolution of Specialization of Cassida rubiginosa on Cirsium arvense (Compositae, Cardueae)

Evolution of Specialization of Cassida rubiginosa on Cirsium arvense (Compositae, Cardueae)

The majority of herbivorous insects are specialized feeders restricted to a plant family, genus, or species. The evolution of specialized insect-plant interactions is generally considered to be a result of trade-offs in fitness between possible hosts. Through the course of natural selection, host plants that maximize insect fitness should result in optimal, specialized, insect-plant association...

Reconstructing the evolution and biogeographic history of tribe Cardueae (Compositae).

UNLABELLED PREMISE OF THE STUDY Tribe Cardueae (thistles) forms one of the largest tribes in the family Compositae (2400 species), with representatives in almost every continent. The greatest species richness of Cardueae occurs in the Mediterranean region where it forms an important element of its flora. New fossil evidence and a nearly resolved phylogeny of Cardueae are used here to reconst...

ارزیابی کارآیی سوسک سبز لاک پشتی(Cassida rubiginosa Müller) در کنترل بیولوژیکی علف هرز خارلته (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.) در شیروان

 خارلته (Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop.) یکی از مهمترین علف‌های‌هرز مساله ساز دنیا و از معضلات مزارع، باغ های میوه، سبزیجات، مراتع و چراگاه های ایران می باشد. به منظور بررسی کارایی سوسک سبز لاک پشتی (Cassida rubiginosa Müller) در کنترل بیولوژیکی خارلته و تعیین تراکم موثر آن، آزمایشی در قالب طرح بلوکهای کامل تصادفی با 5 تیمار شامل پنج سطح آلودگی به حشره (صفر، 5 ، 10 ، 15 و 20 لارو حشره روی هر بوته) ...

Chemical Studies on Plants of Cirsium Arvense Species

Description of larvae of two closely related species Cassida palaestina Reiche, 1858 and Cassida rubiginosa Müller, 1776 (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae).

Larvae of two closely related species Cassida palaestina Reiche, 1858 and Cassida rubiginosa Müller, 1776 are described in detail including SEM microstructures. First instars are extremely similar with no clear diagnostic characters, larvae of Cassida palaestina are slightly more contrastingly coloured than larvae of C. rubiginosa, the latter having darker scoli, basal part of supra-anal proces...