Opuntia cochenillifera (喬木, 灌木, 肉質植物)

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此為暫時性文件，資料尚在建立中          管理資訊 生物方法：胭脂蟲(Dactylopius spp.)和仙人掌螟(Cactoblastis spp.)是兩個最重要的刺梨仙人掌生物控制劑。兩者攻擊仙人掌的方式完全不同。胭脂蟲會附著到植物外表，吸出水分。仙人掌螟是黑色和黃色條紋的蛆蟲，會鑽入植物內，吃掉它(北西雜草 2007)。仙人掌螟會把大約50~90顆黏膠狀的卵，產在仙人掌的刺上，幼蟲會鑽入肉掌或葉莖，從內部吞噬他們(Stiling 2002)。由於仙人掌螟的寡食性習性，能成功對抗Opuntia屬仙人掌所有物種，包括11種北美原生種(Julien and Griffiths 1998, in Stiling 2002)。              管理資源 /鏈接 1. Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR). 2008. Plants of Hawaii: Cactaceae > Opuntia cochenillifera         摘要： Images. Available from: http://www.hear.org/starr/plants/images/species/?q=opuntia+cochenillifera [Accessed 10 December 2008] 2. St. Helena National Trust., 2007. newsletter no.17 - dec 2007 - The Millennium Forest – An Evolving and Maturing Long Term Project         摘要： Available from: http://www.nationaltrust.org.sh/newsletters/no17/newletter-17-dec07-3.html [Accessed 19 January 2009] 3. Stiling, P. 2002. Potential non-target effects of a biological control agent, prickly pear moth, Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), in North America, and possible management actions. Biological Invasions 4: 273-281, 2002. 4. Zimmermann, H., H. S. Bloem & H. Klein., 2004. Biology, History, Threat, Surveillance and Control of the Cactus Moth, Cactoblastis cactorum. Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture         摘要： Available from: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/faobsc_web.pdf [Accessed 25 October 2008]          結果頁： 1