Phylogenetic evidence for the invasion of a commercialized European Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita lineage into North America and New Zealand

Dana K. Howe; Anh D. Ha; Andrew Colton; Irma Tandingan De Ley; Robbie G. Rae; Jenna Ross; Michael Wilson; Jiří Nermut; Zhongying Zhao; Rory J. Mc Donnell; Dee R. Denver

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0237249

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Phylogenetic evidence for the invasion of a commercialized European Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita lineage into North America and New Zealand

Dana K. Howe ,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: howeda@oregonstate.edu

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2131-6114

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Anh D. Ha,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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Andrew Colton,

Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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Irma Tandingan De Ley,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Nematology, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California, United States of America
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Robbie G. Rae,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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Jenna Ross,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, South Africa, Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, Crop Health and Protection (CHAP), National Agri-Food Innovation Campus, Sand Hutton, York, United Kingdom
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Michael Wilson,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Independent Researcher/Consultant, Hamilton, New Zealand
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Jiří Nermut,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biology Centre CAS, Institute of Entomology, Branišovská, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
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Zhongying Zhao,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biology, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Rory J. Mc Donnell,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Crop and Soil Science, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3415-7295

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Dee R. Denver

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America
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Phylogenetic evidence for the invasion of a commercialized European Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita lineage into North America and New Zealand

Dana K. Howe,
Anh D. Ha,
Andrew Colton,
Irma Tandingan De Ley,
Robbie G. Rae,
Jenna Ross,
Michael Wilson,
Jiří Nermut,
Zhongying Zhao,
Rory J. Mc Donnell

Published: August 17, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237249

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USA needs phasmarhabditis Hermaphrodita

Posted by tschane on 12 Mar 2021 at 22:42 GMT

Organic gardeners and farmers in the US need to be able to buy phasmarhabditis Hermaphrodita to deal with our slug problems. In Europe, it has been a safe, organic and natural resource for growers for many years. In the US we are still stuck with dangerous chemicals, iron sulfate bates -- which also kill earthworms, and a host of folk remedies and wishful thinking. Why must this be? It's like living in a horticultural backwater. I don't want to use harmful chemicals to grow my food. I amilydon't6 want to harm earthworms. Phasmarhabditis Hermaphrodita!! has been found in the US every time it's been sought. It's impossible that it is all over Europe, NZ and the US West coast and North west and not also be everywhere in the country. Please, someone with the means, bring this product to a desperately in need US market!

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Phylogenetic evidence for the invasion of a commercialized European Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita lineage into North America and New Zealand

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