Müller-Schärer Heinz, Sun Yan, Schaffner Urs
Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
College of Resources and Environment, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.
Pest Manag Sci. 2024 Jan;80(1):19-27. doi: 10.1002/ps.7390. Epub 2023 Feb 10.
Accidental introductions of biological weed control (BWC) agents (i) offer opportunities to assess host use of agents with a potentially broader fundamental host-range than those approved for field release directly in target areas; (ii) urge national authorities to rapidly respond as they may threaten native species or crops, and by this (iii) help advancing post-release studies, a neglected aspect of BWC. Through detailed insights gained from studying the recent accidental introduction of the ragweed leaf beetle Ophraella communa into Europe, we derive suggestions for overcoming barriers to adoption of BWC by re-evaluating the predictive power of pre-release studies and, thus, the presently strict criteria for deciding upon their release that might exclude safe and efficient agents. By using the allergenic weed Ambrosia artemisiifolia and the accidentally introduced BWC agent O. communa as study system, we also hope to raise the awareness of authorities to consider biological control more prominently as a key approach for pest management in the 'One Health' concept, which aims to sustainably balance and optimize the health of people, animals, plants and ecosystems. © 2023 Society of Chemical Industry.
生物杂草防治（BWC）剂的意外引入：（i）提供了评估药剂宿主利用情况的机会，这些药剂可能具有比直接在目标区域批准用于田间释放的药剂更广泛的基本宿主范围；（ii）促使国家当局迅速做出反应，因为它们可能威胁到本地物种或作物，并且由此（iii）有助于推进释放后研究，这是生物杂草防治中一个被忽视的方面。通过对豚草叶甲虫Ophraella communa最近意外引入欧洲的研究获得的详细见解，我们提出了一些建议，通过重新评估释放前研究的预测能力，从而克服生物杂草防治应用中的障碍，以及目前在决定其释放时可能排除安全有效药剂的严格标准。通过使用致敏杂草豚草（Ambrosia artemisiifolia）和意外引入的生物杂草防治剂O. communa作为研究系统，我们还希望提高当局的认识，将生物防治作为“同一健康”概念中害虫管理的关键方法更突出地加以考虑，该概念旨在可持续地平衡和优化人类、动物、植物和生态系统的健康。© 2023化学工业协会。
