First report of the rust Puccinia komarovii on Impatiens parviflora in the UK.

Pollard, K. M., Kurose, D., Varia, S., Evans, H. C., Ellison, C. A., (2020). New Disease Reports 41 British Society for Plant Pathology, Reading, UK. English language

Assessment of the host-range and impact of the mite, Aculus crassulae, a potential biological control agent for Australian swamp stonecrop, Crassula helmsii.

Varia, S., Wood, S. V., Allen, R. M. S., Murphy, S. T., (2022). Biological Control 167 Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK. English language

Battling the biotypes of balsam: the biological control of Impatiens glandulifera using the rust fungus Puccinia komarovii var. glanduliferae in GB.

Pollard, K. M., Varia, S., Seier, M. K., Ellison, C. A., (2021). Fungal Biology 125(8), 637-645. Elsevier Ltd, Oxford, UK. English language

A "mitey" solution for Australian swamp stonecrop in the UK.

Sonal Varia, Wood, S., Pratt, C., Adair, R., Murphy, S., (2018). Proceedings of the XV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Engelberg, Switzerland, 26-31 August 2018., 242-243. Organising Committee, XV International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds 2018, Engelberg, Switzerland. English language

A new species of Aculus mite (Acari: Eriophyidae), a potential biocontrol agent for Australian swamp stonecrop, Crassula helmsii (Crassulaceae).

Knihinicki, D. K., Petanović, R., Cvrković, T., Varia, S., (2018). Zootaxa 4497(4), 573-585. Magnolia Press, Auckland, New Zealand. English language

A highly-simplified and inexpensive MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry sample-preparation method with broad applicability to microorganisms, plants, and insects.

Reeve, M. A., Buddie, A. G., Pollard, K. M., Varia, S., Seier, M. K., Offord, L. C., Cock, M. J. W., (2018). Journal of Biological Methods 5(4), e103. POL Scientific, San Francisco, USA. English language

Implementing a novel weed management approach for Himalayan balsam: progress on biological control in the UK.

Varia, S., Pollard, K., Ellison, C., (2016). Outlooks on Pest Management 27(5), 198-203. Research Information Ltd, Burnham, UK. English language

Potential for the biological control of Crassula helmsii in the U.K.

Varia, S., Shaw, R., (2013). Proceedings of the XIII International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA, 11-16 September, 2011, 179. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, Hilo, USA. English language

First release of a fungal classical biocontrol agent against an invasive alien weed in Europe: biology of the rust, Puccinia komarovii var. glanduliferae.

Tanner, R. A., Pollard, K. M., Varia, S., Evans, H. C., Ellison, C. A., (2015). Plant Pathology 64(5), 1130-1139. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. English language

Puccinia komarovii var. glanduliferae var. nov.: a fungal agent for the biological control of Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera).

Tanner, R. A., Ellison, C. A., Seier, M. K., Kovács, G. M., Kassai-Jáger, E., Berecky, Z., Varia, S., Djeddour, D., Singh, M. C., Csiszár, Á., Csontos, P., Kiss, L., Evans, H. C., (2015). European Journal of Plant Pathology 141(2), 247-266. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands. English language