Dr Peter Mason

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chercheur scientifique

Peter G. Mason (Ph. D.) est chercheur scientifique à Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada (AAC), à Ottawa. Il s’intéresse aux espèces exotiques envahissantes et aux agents de lutte biologique classique, plus particulièrement à l’évaluation de la gamme d’hôtes et aux effets des parasitoïdes sur les organismes non visés. Ses travaux jouent un rôle central dans l’élaboration de mesures scientifiques dans un contexte réglementaire en pleine évolution pour ce qui est des agents de lutte biologique.

Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
960, avenue Carling, Ottawa, ON

Recherche et / ou projets en cours

Latest publications

Mason PG (2021) Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.

Zaviezo T, Grez A, Miall JH, Mason PG (2021) Conservation biological control. Pp. 37–66 In Mason PG (Ed) Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.

Weber D, Hajek AE, Hoelmer KA, Schaffner U, Mason PG, Stouthamer R, Talamas EJ, Buffington M, Haye T (2021) Unintentional biological control. Pp. 110–140 In Mason PG (Ed) Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.

Barratt, BIP, Colmanarez Y, Day MD, Ivey P, Klapwijk JN, Loomans AJM, Mason PG, Palmer WA, Sankaran KV (2021) Regulatory challenges for biological control. Pp. 166–198 In Mason PG (Ed) Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.

Mason PG, Klapwijk JN, Smith D  (2021) Access and Benefit-Sharing of Biological Control Genetic Resources. Pp. 197–219 In Mason PG (Ed) Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.

van Lenteren J, Mason PG, Bueno VHP, Cock MJW, Colmenarez YC, Luna MG (2021) Biological control successes and failures: Latin American Region. Pp. 511–554 In Mason PG (Ed) Biological Control: Global Impacts, Challenges and Future Directions of Pest Management. CSIRO Publishing, Clayton South, Victoria, Australia.

Haye T, Dancau T, Bennett AMR, Mason PG (2021) The impact of parasitoids on diamondback moth in Europe: A life table approach. The Canadian Entomologist 153: 741–756.  https://doi.org/10.4039/tce.2021.43 

Cock C, Mason PG, Haye T, Cappuccino N (2021) Determining the host range of Diadromus collaris (Gravenhorst) (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae), a candidate biological control agent for diamondback moth Plutella xylostella Linnaeus (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) in Canada. Biological Control 161: 104705. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2021.104705

Mason PG, Dancau T, Abram PK, Noronha C, Dixon PK, Parsons, CR, Bahar MD, Bennett AMR, Fernández-Triana JL, Brauner AM, Clarke P, Thiessen J, Gillespie DR, Haye T (2022) The parasitoid complex of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), in Canada: Impact and status. The Canadian Entomologist 154: e12. doi:10.4039/tce.2021.51. 

Abram PK, Thiessen J, Clarke P, Gillespie DR, Fernández-Triana JL, Bennett AMR, Gibson GAP, Huber JT, Mason PG, Landry J-F (2022) Natural history of Plutella armoraciae, a sympatric congener of the diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella) in northwestern North America. Journal of Lepidopterist’s Society 76 (1): 25–39.  

Key publications

  1. P.K. Abram, J.-P. Parent, J.H. Miall, P.G. Mason, J. Brodeur (2022). Proposed redistribution of Istocheta aldrichi Mesnil (Diptera: Tachinidae) from Ontario and Québec to British Columbia, Canada, for biological control of the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae). Report submitted to the BCPPAC for final review, October 20, 2022.

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  2. Moffat, C.E., R. Bourchier, R. De Clerck-Floate, P. Mason, D. Ensing. 2021. How do we know biocontrol agents are safe? An overview of past successes and future opportunities for biological control of weeds in British Columbia. I2021 Integrated Vegetation Management Association (IVMA) biennial forum “Everything" in Vegetation Management. Nov 2 - 4, 2021. Invited.

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  3. Moffat, C.E., R. Bourchier, R. De Clerck-Floate, P. Mason, D. Ensing. 2021. Case studies in biocontrol research in British Columbia: Identifying new targets to post-release monitoring. ISCBC Invasive Species Research Conference (virtual), 06-07 October 2021.

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  4. Makela, K., et al. (2021). Biovigilance: A Modern Approach to Plant Pest Management (Vision Statement), Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Science and Technology Branch: 29 pp.

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  5. Cock C, Mason PG, Cappuccino N (2021) Host range testing parameters for Diadromus collaris. Pest Management Research Report - 2020 Growing Season. Agriculture and AgriFood Canada. April 2021. Report No. 05. Vol. 59: 13–17.

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  6. Moffat, C.E., R.S. Bourchier, R.A. De Clerck-Floate, P.G. Mason, and D.J. Ensing. 2021. How do we know biocontrol agents are safe? An overview of the Canadian research and regulatory process for new biocontrol agents. British Columbia Invasive Species Council. Invasives 2021 Conference (virtual). 9 Februrary, 2021.

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  7. Abram, P.K., Labbe, R.M., Mason, P.G. (2021). Ranking the host range of biological control agents with quantitative metrics of taxonomic specificity. Biological Control, [online] 152 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2020.104427

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  8. Fernandez-Triana, J., Douglas, H., Huber, J.T., Brunke, A., Lonsdale, O., Sinclair, B., Landry, J-F, Gibson, G., O'Hara, J.E., Bennett, A.M.R., and Mason, P. 2020. Canadian National Collection of Insects, Arachnids and Nematodes: update for AAFC Biological Control Working Group. 1–4.

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  9. Cossentine, J.E., Brauner, A.M., Franklin, J.L., Robertson, M.C., Buhl, P.N., Blatt, S., Gariepy, T.D., Fraser, H., Appleby, M., Grigg-Mcguffin, K., Mason, P.G. (2020). Parasitism and phenology of Dasineura mali (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Canadian apple (Rosaceae) orchards. The Canadian Entomologist, http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce.2020.15

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  10. Mason PG (2019) Biological control of invasive alien species in the Anthropocene. 21st International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, , Special session: Integrating Invasion Science and Management across Realms: Learning from Terrestrial, Marine and Freshwater Experiences, Montréal, Québec, 27-31 October, 2019.

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  11. Mason PG (2019) The state of biological control in Canada. Gold Medal Address, Entomological Society of Canada-Acadian Entomological Society Joint Annual Meeting, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 18-21 August 2019.

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  12. Mason P, Bennett A (2019). Access and Benefit Sharing Update for AAFC Biological Control Working Group, 17 August 2019, Fredericton, New Brunswick, 3p.

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  13. P.K. Abram, E.J. Talamas, S. Acheampong, P.G. Mason, and T.D. Gariepy (2019). First detection of the samurai wasp, Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) in Canada. Journal of Hymenoptera Research (in press).

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  14. Mason PG (2019) Biological control of weeds in the Anthropocene: Why has introducing new agents become so challenging? In: HL Hinz, M-C Bon, G Bourdôt, M Cristofaro, G Desurmont, D Kurose, H Müller-Schärer, M Rafter, U Schaffner, M Seier, RFH Sforza, L Smith, S Stutz, S Thomas, P Weyl, R Winston (Eds), Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Engelberg, Switzerland, pp. 191–199. https://www.ibiocontrol.org/proceedings/.

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  15. Haye, T., Olfert, O., Weiss, R., Mason, P.G., Gibson, G., Gariepy, T.D., Gillespie, D.R. (2018). Bioclimatic analyses of Trichomalus perfectus and Mesopolobus morys (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) distributions, two potential biological control agents of the cabbage seedpod weevil in North America. Biological Control, [online] 124 30-39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocontrol.2018.06.003

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  16. Mason PG, Bennett AMR, Fraleigh B (2018) Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit-Sharing Affects Entomology in Canada. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of Canada 50: 120–126.

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  17. Dancau, T., Mason, P.G., Cappuccino, N. (2018). Elusively overwintering: A review of diamondback moth (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) cold tolerance and overwintering strategy. The Canadian Entomologist, [online] 150(2), 156-173. http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/tce.2018.2

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  18. Haye, T., Konopka, J.K., Gariepy, T.D., Mason, P.G., Gillespie, D.R. 2017. Can native parasitoids benefit from accidental introductions of exotic biological control agents? (Conference Proceedings) Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods (Eds. P.G. Mason, D.R. Gillespie and C. Vincent), p. 12-13.

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  19. The pepper weevil, Anthonomus eugenii is currently the most important pest of pepper crops in North America where it poses a high risk to the cultivation of peppers. To address the current need for new management tools for the pepper weevil, we have initiated a research project which aims to identify the natural enemies associated with the immature life stages of the pest in Canada. From work conducted in 2016, parasitoids belonging to three hymenopteran families including Pteromalidae (Jaliscoa hunteri Crawford, Pteromalus anthonomi Ashmead), Eupelmidae (Eupelmus pulchriceps Cameron) and Braconidae (Nealiolus spp., Bracon spp.) were reared out from field-collected peppers, some of whom represent new records of species able to target the pepper weevil. Together with other ongoing research initiatives, these new natural enemy records may provide opportunities for the development of novel tools for the management of the pepper weevil in North America.

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  20. Mason, P.G., Gillespie, D.R. and Vincent C. (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Biological Control of Arthropods, Langkawi, Malaysia 11-15 September 2017, CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon, UK, 366p.

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Centre de recherche et de développement d'Ottawa
960, avenue Carling
Ottawa, ON K1A 0C6
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Entomologie›Lutte biologique

Language

Anglais