Table 1.

Plant species list used for determining sensitivity of the general plant primers c A49325 (Taberlet et al. ¹⁹⁹¹) and trnL110R (Borsch et al. ²⁰⁰³). The lowest template numbers (copies per reaction) where a PCR product could be obtained are given as detection limits

			Detection limits of plant DNA
Plant species	Plant family	Functional group	Plant DNA only	Plus wireworm DNA
Achillea millefolium*	Asteraceae	Herb	100	100
Fagopyrum esculentum	Polygonaceae	Herb	100	100
Lolium perenne*	Poaceae	Grass	100	100
Lupinus angustifolius	Fabaceae	Legume	100	100
Phaseolus coccineus	Fabaceae	Legume	200	200
Pimpinella major*	Apiaceae	Herb	100	100
Plantago lanceolata*	Plantaginaceae	Herb	100	100
Sinapis alba	Brassicaceae	Herb	100	100
Taraxacum officinale*	Asteraceae	Herb	100	100
Trifolium pratense*	Fabaceae	Legume	100	100
Trifolium repens	Fabaceae	Legume	100	100
Triticum aestivum	Poaceae	Grass	100	100
Zea mays	Poaceae	Grass	100	100

^*Plant species that were fed to wireworms in the feeding experiment with living grassland plants.