02021nas a2200193   4500008004100000020001400041245008400055210006900139260001000208300001200218490000600230520136500236653002301601100002101624700002401645700002401669700002701693856010701720       2010                        eng d  a1742-566200aMultidisciplinary fingerprints: forensic reconstruction of an insect reinvasion0 aMultidisciplinary fingerprints forensic reconstruction of an ins  cApr 6  a677-6860 v73 aAn unexpected outbreak of boll weevils, Anthonomus grandis, an insect pest of cotton, across the Southern Rolling Plains (SRP) eradication zone of west-central Texas, USA, was detected soon after passage of Tropical Storm Erin through the Winter Garden district to the south on 16 August 2007. The synchrony and broad geographic distribution of the captured weevils suggest that long-distance dispersal was responsible for the reinvasion. We integrated three types of assessment to reconstruct the geographic origin of the immigrants: (i) DNA fingerprinting; (ii) pollen fingerprinting; and (iii) atmospheric trajectory analysis. We hypothesized the boll weevils originated in the Southern Blacklands zone near Cameron, or in the Winter Garden district near Uvalde, the nearest regions with substantial populations. Genetic tests broadly agree that the immigrants originated southeast of the SRP zone, probably in regions represented by Uvalde or Weslaco. The SRP pollen profile from weevils matched that of Uvalde better than that of Cameron. Wind trajectories supported daily wind-aided dispersal of weevils from the Uvalde region to the SRP from 17 to 24 August, but failed to support migration from the Cameron region. Taken together the forensic evidence strongly implicates the Winter Garden district near Uvalde as the source of reinvading boll weevils.10aAnthonomus grandis1 aKim, Kyung, Seok1 aJones, Gretchen, D.1 aWestbrook, John, K.1 aSappington, Thomas, W.  uhttps://weevil.myspecies.info/multidisciplinary-fingerprints-forensic-reconstruction-insect-reinvasion