Paterson's curse (Echium plantagineum L.) is an annual/biennial species in the family Boraginaceae. Native to N.W. Africa, the Iberian Peninsula and Atlantic Western Europe, it is a noxious weed in Australia and has spread over 30 million ha resulting in >A$250 million annual losses to agricultural ...
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Zhu XiaoCheng; Gopurenko, D.; Skoneczny, D.; Lepschi, B. J.; Spencer, M. A.; Gurr, G. M.; Callaway, R. M.; Serrano, M.; Weston, L. A.
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Weeds Society of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Citation
20th Australasian Weeds Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 11-15 September 2016, 2016, pp 157-161
Aim: This study aims to infer the invasion routes of the oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel in China and the invasion source of its recent introduction region. Methods: mtDNA COI (1 496 bp, 97.3% of full length) of 192 individuals of 31 populations from China, Thailand, Japan, Laos,...
Author(s)
Wang Meng; Xu Lang; Zhang RunJie; Zhang GuiMing; Yu DaoJian
Publisher
Editorial Office of Acta Entomologica Sinica, Beijing, China
Citation
Acta Entomologica Sinica, 2014, 57, 12, pp 1424-1438
In a phenomenon sometimes called an ecological trap, native insects may select an invasive plant as a suitable oviposition site even though their larvae may perish on these non-hosts. Two North American native butterflies (Pieris oleracea and Pieris virginiensis. Lepidoptera: Pieridae) readily...
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Casagrande, R. A.; Chew, F. S.; Driesche, R. G. van
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University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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Proceedings of the XIV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 2-7 March 2014, 2014, pp 105-111
Public understanding of Hawaii's use of biocontrol is limited. This can create problems when support for releases is sought. Release of a strawberry guava (Psidium cattleianum Sabine) enemy was delayed by public opposition. Raising awareness about invasive species in Hawaii is the purpose of the...
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USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, USA
Citation
Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 11-16 September, 2011, 2013, pp 346-348
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Peters, M.; Sforza, R.; Novak, S. J.
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USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, USA
Citation
Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 11-16 September, 2011, 2013, pp 317
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Szudouble acute˜cs, M.; Schaffner, U.; Schwarzländer, M.
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USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, USA
Citation
Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 11-16 September, 2011, 2013, pp 314
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Tarin, D.; Pepper, A. E.; Goolsby, J.; Moran, P.; Arquieta, A. C.; Kirk, A.; Manhart, J. R.
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USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, USA
Citation
Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 11-16 September, 2011, 2013, pp 311
Non-native, invasive perennial grasses have not been widely targeted for classical biological control with insects, despite their global prevalence and damaging effects, in part because of a perceived paucity of host-specific insect herbivores. Armored scales (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) have not been...
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Moran, P. J.; Goolsby, J. A.; Racelis, A. E.; Cortés, E.; Marcos-García, M. A.; Kirk, A. A.; Adamczyk, J. J.
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USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, USA
Citation
Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 11-16 September, 2011, 2013, pp 112-118
Many species of African grasses were introduced into Australia and the USA to improve the quality and biomass of green pastures for domestic livestock. However, a range of non-target environmental impacts eventuated from these introductions, including spatial displacement of indigenous ecosystems,...
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Sands, D.; Goolsby, J. A.
Publisher
USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, USA
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Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 11-16 September, 2011, 2013, pp 103-111
This paper summarizes a presentation from the Congress Symposium, "The Introduction of the Emerald Ash Borer in North America, A Case Study of Invasive Species Epidemiology and Conservation of the Host Species." It briefly discusses the state of Fraxinus (ash) taxonomy, ash as a landscape and...
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Widrlechner, M. P.
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Botanic Gardens Conservation International, Richmond, UK
Citation
Addressing global change: a new agenda for botanic gardens. Fourth Global Botanic Gardens Congress, Dublin, Irish Republic, 13-18 June 2010, 2010, pp 1-10