Horehound (Marrubium vulgare L.: Lamiaceae), a noxious weed throughout southern Australia, was imported from its native southern Europe during the 1800s. Horehound in its native habitats shows weed potential, but plant populations are scattered and their density is lower than Australian...
Author(s)
Weiss, J.; Sagliocco, J. L.; Wills, E.
Publisher
University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Citation
12th Australian Weeds Conference, Papers and Proceedings, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 12-16 September 1999: Weed management into the 21st century: do we know where we're going?, 1999, pp 596-600
Bridal creeper, Asparagus asparagoides, is becoming an emerging threat to the southern Australian citrus industry. Approximately 12% of growers within the Murray Valley region have orchards infested with the weed, which is spread predominantly by birds foraging on the berries in nearby infested...
Author(s)
Kwong, R. M.; Holland-Clift, S.
Publisher
Weed Society of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Citation
Weed management: balancing people, planet, profit. 14th Australian Weeds Conference, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia, 6-9 September 2004: papers and proceedings, 2004, pp 329-332
The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) grouper project and its components are covered in this book. These components include larval rearing to improve growth and survival of groupers during the hatchery phase, diet development to produce feeds with low environmental...
Author(s)
Rimmer, M. A.; McBride, S.; Williams, K. C.
Publisher
Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Canberra, Australia
Citation
Advances in grouper aquaculture, 2004, pp ix + 137 pp.
A provenance trial of Chukrasia A. Juss. was established at Berry Springs near Darwin in the Northern Territory of Australia to assess the potential of this species as a commercial plantation tree for the production of high value wood. The trial comprised 16 seed sources from the species natural...
Author(s)
Gunn, B.; Aken, K.; Pinyopusarerk, K.
Publisher
Private Forestry North Queensland Association, Inc, Queensland, Australia
Citation
Prospects for high-value hardwood timber plantations in the 'dry' tropics of Northern Australia: Proceedings of a Workshop held in Mareeba, North Queensland, Australia, 19-21 October, 2004, 2004, pp 1-11
Two pot experiments were conducted to assess the impact of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne) infected with AR37, a novel strain of the endophytic fungus Neotyphodium lolii, on porina (Wiseana cervinata) larvae. The wildtype (WT) endophyte, a commercially available novel endophyte strain named...
Author(s)
Jensen, J. G.; Popay, A. J.
Publisher
New Zealand Plant Protection Society, Rotorua, New Zealand
Citation
New Zealand Plant Protection, Volume 57, 2004. Proceedings of a conference, Hamilton, New Zealand, 10-12 August 2004, 2004, pp 323-328
This paper explains what makes ragworts (Senecio spp.) successful colonizers. It describes the suitability of their fruits for dispersal, particularly, the longevity of its fruits and their ability to survive long-distance transport by man and animals. The role of the wool-trade in their spread is...
Publisher
CABI, Wallingford, UK
Citation
By fleeces and iron horses: anthropogenic dispersal of ragworts, 2004, pp unpaginated
Take-all, caused by the soil-borne pathogen Gaeumannomyces graminis var. tritici (Ggt), is a devastating root disease of wheat. As well as infected host residues from previous wheat crops, grass crop or weed species also play an important role in the carry-over of inoculum to the next wheat crop....
Author(s)
Chng, S. F.; Cromey, M. G.; Butler, R. C.
Publisher
New Zealand Plant Protection Society, Rotorua, New Zealand
Citation
New Zealand Plant Protection, Volume 58, 2005. Proceedings of a conference, Wellington, New Zealand, 9-11 August 2005, 2005, pp 261-267
The life cycle of Pileolaria terebinthi, the causal agent of Beneh (Pistacia mutica) rust, was investigated under greenhouse and natural conditions in Fars province, Iran. In both conditions, the basidiospores caused infection on Pistacia species and formed all developmental stages including...
Author(s)
Hamzehzarghani, H.; Banihashemi, Z.
Publisher
Iranian Phytopathological Society, Tehran, Iran
Citation
Iranian Journal of Plant Pathology, 2006, 42, 1, pp Pe71-Pe84, en19-en22
Lord Howe Island (LHI) is a World Heritage listed area with 240 species of indigenous vascular plants, high levels of endemism and many unique habitats. In 1984, 173 exotic plant species were listed on LHI and today there are at least 218. One of these species, Formosa lily (Lilium formosanum...
Author(s)
Warner, S.; Grice, A. C.; Duggin, J. A.
Publisher
Weed Management Society of South Australia, Victoria, Australia
Citation
15th Australian Weeds Conference, Papers and Proceedings, Adelaide, South Australia, 24-28 September 2006: Managing weeds in a changing climate, 2006, pp 180-183
Field and laboratory tests were conducted for different components of the resistance of cocoa to mirids (Sahlbergella singularis) at the Nkoemvone and Nkolbisson research stations of IRAD as part of the CFC/ICCO/IPGRI project activities in Cameroon. Almost 40 local or international genotypes were...
Author(s)
Babin, R.; Mpé, J. M.; Dibog, L.; Amang àMbang, J.; Nyassé, S.; Eskes, A. B.
Publisher
Common Fund for Commodities, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Citation
Global approaches to cocoa germplasm utilization and conservation: final report of the CFC/ICCO/IPGRI project (1998-2004) and proceedings of the closing workshop, Reading, UK, 28-31 March 2004, 2006, pp 162-169