Weedy rice is one of the most dominant and competitive weed species found throughout rice planting areas worldwide. In Malaysia, a combination of agricultural practices such as direct seeding and shared use of machinery has contributed to the rapid proliferation of weedy rice across paddy fields in ...

Bitou bush (Chrysanthemoides monilifera (L.) Norlindh subsp. rotundata (DC.) T.Norl.) was first detected in Western Australia in 2012 at Kwinana, an industrial area south of Perth. Since 2012 we have undertaken annual surveys of the population, including mature plants, seedlings and the seed bank,...

This Standard describes control procedures aiming to monitor, contain and eradicate Baccharis halimifolia, an invasive branching shrub or small tree growing up to 4 m in height and native to North America.

This book provides information on the biology, ecology, distribution and control of 500 plant species known to be invasive in natural or nearly natural habitats. The species covered in this book give an overview of the wide variety of plant families, life forms and geographic origins of plants...

Exotic species and clonal species are more competitive than co-occurring species, and several plant traits have already been identified to contribute to their superior competitiveness. In this study, 13 functional traits of 36 weed species were analyzed to determine if there was generalizable...

Naturalised non-native plants that become invasive pose a significant threat to the conservation of biodiversity in protected areas (areas dedicated and managed for long-term conservation of nature), economic productivity of agricultural businesses, and societal impacts including community, culture ...

Japanese knotweed, Fallopia japonica is one of the most troublesome invasive alien plant in Europe and North America. In 2012 we started monitoring for possible indigenous natural enemies of Japanese knotweed in Slovenia. In Zgornji Log, near Litija (46°4′38.09″N, 14°49′31.65″E; 245 m) on the river ...