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Part IV - Biological Control of Weeds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 July 2018

Ann E. Hajek
Affiliation:
Cornell University, New York
Jørgen Eilenberg
Affiliation:
University of Copenhagen
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Natural Enemies
An Introduction to Biological Control
, pp. 243 - 288
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2018

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Further Reading

Coombs, E. M., Clark, J. K., Piper, G. L., & Cofrancesco, A. F., Jr. (eds.) (2004). Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press.Google Scholar
Hinz, H. L., Schwarzländer, M., Gassmann, A., & Bourchier, R. S. (2014). Successes we may not have had: A retrospective analysis of selected weed biological control agents in the United States. Invasive Plant Science and Management, 7, 565579.Google Scholar
McEvoy, P. B., Grevstad, F. S., & Schooler, S. S. (2012). Insect invasions: Lessons from biological control of weeds. In Insect Outbreaks Revisited, ed. Barbosa, P., Letourneau, D. K., & Agrawal, A. A., pp. 395428. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.Google Scholar
Milbrath, L. R. & Nechols, J. R. (2014). Plant-mediated interactions: Considerations for agent selection in weed biological control programs. Biological Control, 72, 8090.Google Scholar
Myers, J. & Bazely, D. (2003). Ecology and Control of Introduced Plants. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar

Further Reading

Blossey, B. & Hunt-Joshi, T. R. (2003). Belowground herbivory by insects: Influence on plants and aboveground herbivores. Annual Review of Entomology, 48, 521547.Google Scholar
Landcare Research (New Zealand) (2013). The Biological Control of Weeds Book. Retrieved from www.landcareresearch.co.nz/publications/books/biocontrol-of-weeds-book.Google Scholar
Myers, J. & Bazely, D. (2003). Ecology and Control of Introduced Plants. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Schwarzländer, M., Hinz, H. L., Winston, R. L., & Day, M. D. (2018). Biological control of weeds: An analysis of all catalogued introductions, rates of establishment and estimates of success, worldwide. BioControl (in press).Google Scholar

Further Reading

Bailey, K. J. (2014). The bioherbicide approach to weed control using plant pathogens. In Integrated Pest Management: Current Concepts and Ecological Perspectives, ed. Abrol, D. P., pp. 245266. San Diego, CA: Academic Press-Elsevier.Google Scholar
Charudattan, R. (2005). Ecological, practical and political inputs into selection of weed targets: What makes a good biological control agent? Biological Control, 35, 183196.Google Scholar
Charudattan, R. (2015). Weed control with microbial bioherbicides. In Weed Science for Sustainable Agriculture, Environment and Biodiversity, ed. Rao, A. N. & Yaduraju, N. T., vol. 1, pp. 7996. Hyderabad, India: Proceedings of the Plenary and Lead Papers of the 25th Asian-Pacific Weed Science Society Conference.Google Scholar
Yandoc-Ables, C. B., Rosskopf, E. N., & Charudattan, R. (2007). Plant pathogens at work: Progress and possibilities for weed biocontrol classical versus bioherbicidal approaches. Plant Health Progress, online. DOI: 10.1094/PHP-2007-0822-01-RV. Google Scholar

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