The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) was implemented to further develop the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources. Interpretation of this agreement is wide-ranging...
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Mason, P. G.; Kay, F. M.; Silvestri, L. C.; Hill, M.; Weyl, P.; Hinz, H. L.; Brodeur, J.; Vitorino, M. D.; Barratt, B. I. P.
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Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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BioControl, 2023, 68, 3, pp 329-339
The Nagoya Protocol actions the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity and provides a framework to effectively implement the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources. This includes microorganisms used as biological control agents. Thus...
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Mason, P. G.; Hill, M.; Smith, D.; Silvestri, L. C.; Weyl, P.; Brodeur, J.; Diniz Vitorino, M.
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Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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BioControl, 2023, 68, 3, pp 311-327
CABI is a not-for-profit international organization with the mission of improving people's lives worldwide by solving problems in agriculture and the environment, while engendering trust and facilitating science. As an organisation CABI is both a provider and a user of biological control agents and ...
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Weyl, P. S. R.; Hinz, H. L.; Rwomushana, I.; Mulema, J.; Diaz-Soltero, H.; Smith, D.
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Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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BioControl, 2023, 68, 3, pp 291-297
The third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of genetic resources was further developed when the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing came into effect in 2014. Interpretation of how this agreement is being...
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Mason, P. G.; Barratt, B. I. P.; Mc Kay, F.; Klapwijk, J. N.; Silvestri, L. C.; Hill, M.; Hinz, H. L.; Sheppard, A.; Brodeur, J.; Vitorino, M. D.; Weyl, P.; Hoelmer, K. A.
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Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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BioControl, 2023, 68, 3, pp 235-251
A 2-yr field experiment was conducted to explore the effects on weed growth and crop productivity of intercropping sweet corn with summer savory. Five cropping patterns were set up: sweet corn alone (16 seeds m- 2, in rows, 75 cm apart), summer savory alone (40 seeds m- 2, broadcasted), and three...
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Naderi, R.; Bijani, F.; Weyl, P. S. R.; Mueller-Schaerer, H.
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Weed Science Society of America, Lawrence, USA
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Weed Technology, 2022, 36, 4, pp 544-547
In order to ensure the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation, genetic resources used in research and development must be collected and utilised in compliance with the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS). By July 2020, 67 countries had legislation in...
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Tang Rui; Weyl, P.; Hinz, H.; Zhang Feng; Smith, D.
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Guangdong Provincial Association for Science & Technology, Guangzhou, China
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Journal of Environmental Entomology, 2021, 43, 5, pp 1154-1161
Parthenium, Parthenium hysterophorus L. poses a serious environmental and socioeconomic threat in Pakistan. It was identified as a priority for control in Pakistan and an integrated control programme has been launched against this invasive weed. In 2009 the biological control agent, Zygogramma...
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Weyl, P.; Kazam Ali; González-Moreno, P.; Haq, E. U.; Kausar Khan; Khan, S. A.; Khan, M. H.; Stewart, J.; Godwin, J.; Abdul Rehman; Amir Sultan
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Regional Euro-Asian Biological Invasions Centre (REABIC), Helsinki, Finland
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Management of Biological Invasions, 2021, 12, 3, pp 509-526
The Eurasian gall-forming weevil Ceutorhynchus cardariae Korotyeav (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a biological control candidate for the invasive Eurasian Lepidium draba L. (Brassicaceae) in the western USA. Among 157 nontarget plant species that have been tested, some North American Caulanthus and ...
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Panta, S.; Weyl, P.; Eigenbrode, S. D.; Harmon, B. L.; Schwarzländer, M.
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Springer, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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BioControl, 2021, 66, 5, pp 601-611
Tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) is a fast-growing deciduous tree native to China, considered a serious invasive species worldwide, with several socio-economic and ecological impacts attributed to it. Chemical and mechanical methods have limited efficacy in its management, and biological...
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Marini, F.; Profeta, E.; Vidović, B.; Petanović, R.; Lillo, E. de; Weyl, P.; Hinz, H. L.; Moffat, C. E.; Bon, M. C.; Cvrković, T.; Kashefi, J.; Sforza, R. F. H.; Cristofaro, M.
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MDPI AG, Basel, Switzerland
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Insects, 2021, 12, 7,
Biological control (biocontrol) against invasive macrophytes is one of the longest standing programmes in South Africa, initiated in the 1970s against water hyacinth, Pontederia crassipes Mart. (Pontederiaceae). Since then, 15 agent species (13 insects, one mite and one pathogen) have been released ...
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Coetz, J. A.; Bownes, A.; Martin, G. D.; Miller, B. E.; Smith, R.; Weyl, P. S. R.; Hill, M. P.
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Entomological Society of Southern Africa, Pretoria, South Africa
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African Entomology, 2021, 29, 3, pp 935-964