Page | Title |
3 | What determines the increased competitive ability of invasive non-indigenous plants? |
11 | Ecology of old world hawkweeds, Hieracium species (Asteraceae), in their homeland and considerations on their potential weediness |
19 | Comparing the population dynamics of broom, Cytisus scoparius, as a native plant in the United Kingdom and France and as an invasive alien weed in Australia and New Zealand |
27 | Biological control in the management and spread of invasive weed species |
33 | Plant population processes and weed control |
39 | Biotic barriers to plant naturalization |
47 | The interaction between natural enemies and interspecific plant competition in the control of invasive pasture weeds |
55 | A model of the determinants of plant invasions (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
55 | Classical weed biocontrol and vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal (VAM) fungi (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
56 | Induction of phenolic compound biosynthesis in Hydrilla verticillata (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
57 | Ecology of invasive plants: synthesis of session 1 |
63 | Phylogeny: can it help us to understand host choice by biological weed control agents? |
71 | Indigenous plant pathogens in evaluation of foreign biological control candidates in the United States of America |
79 | Oogenesis requirements and weed biocontrol: an essential part in host-range evaluation of insect agents or just wasted time? |
87 | Two fungal pathogens of Mimosa pigra var. pigra from Mexico: the finishing touch for biological control of this weed in Australia? |
93 | Combinations of stress and herbivory by a biological control mite on the growth of target and non-target native species of Hypericum in Australia |
101 | Dieback disease of bitoubush - biological control opportunities (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
101 | Host specificity tests in centers of diversity: the case of sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia) (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
102 | Adaptation of biological control agents: should we be worried? (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
102 | Cactoblastis cactorum in the United States of America: an immigrant biological control agent or an introduction of the nursery industry? (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
103 | Impact of Rhinocyllus conicus on a non-target, rare, native thistle (Cirsium fontinale) in California (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
103 | Ramularia rubella and Uromyces rumicis infecting Rumex spp. in the Azores (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
105 | Host range, specificity and recruitment: synthesis of session 2 |
115 | Evaluation of Fusarium semitectum var. majus for biological control of Striga hermonthica |
121 | Fungal pathogens of some Brazilian aquatic weeds and their potential use in biocontrol |
127 | Eriophyid mites as agents for the biological control of weeds |
133 | Non-indigenous 'exploiter' plant pathogens as potential biocontrol agents |
137 | Prospects for biological control of weedy sesbanias (Fabaceae) in the southeastern United States of America |
143 | The role of pre-release studies in developing a biocontrol strategy for hound's-tongue in Canada |
149 | Mass production of Fusarium oxysporum (M12-4A), a biocontrol agent for Striga hermonthica |
153 | Seedhead tephritids and their parasitoids - can predictions be made about likely parasitism of tephritids introduced intro Australia for biological control of Asteraceae? |
165 | Greenhouse and field evaluations of the rubber vine rust, Maravalia cryptostegiae, on Madagascan and Australian Asclepiadaceae |
171 | Classical biological control of weeds with insects: a case for emphasizing agent demography |
177 | Evaluation of European pathogens for the control of Myriophyllum spicatum in the United States of America |
183 | Entyloma hieracii and Puccinia hieracii, two promising pathogens for the biological control of Hieracium spp. (Asteraceae, hawkweeds) in North America |
187 | Scentless chamomile, a target weed for biological control in Canada: factors influencing seedling establishment |
193 | A rationale for the use of a non-specific fungal seed pathogen to control annual grass-weeds of arable lands |
199 | Prospects for biological control of Hieracium pilosella with the rust Puccinia hieracii var. piloselloidarum in New Zealand |
205 | Population dynamic aspects of the interaction between the weed Rottboellia cochinchinensis (itch grass) and the potential biological control agent Sporisorium ophiuri (head smut) |
213 | Insects for biological control of hieracium in New Zealand: a progress report |
219 | The stem-gall wasp Eurytoma sp. (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae): a potential biological control agent against Psidium cattleianum |
223 | Phytotoxic metabolites produced by Fusarium nygamai from Striga hermonthica |
227 | Demonstrating the potential for classical biological control of a weed prior to release of agents (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
227 | Prospects for biological control of a large tree, Melaleuca quinquenervia (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
228 | Eriophyoid mites (Acari: Eriophyoidea) as possible control agents of introduced plants in South Africa (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
228 | Little-known pathogens on well-known weeds: the results of recent surveys for potential biological control agents (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
229 | Biology and host range of Eccritotarsus catarinensis (Heteroptera: Miridae), a new potential biological control agent for water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) (Pontederiaceae) in South Africa (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
229 | Current biocontrol research in the Hawaii Department of Agriculture plant pathogen containment facility (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
230 | Biological control of Passiflora mollissima: what's up? (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
230 | Production techniques for Alternaria sp., a potential biocontrol agent of Sphenoclea zeylanica (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
231 | Biological control of Brazilian pepper tree, Schinus terebinthifolius, in Florida (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
231 | Potential of Fusarium tumidum as a bioherbicide to control gorse and broom in New Zealand (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
232 | Habitat analysis of Euphorbia species and associated flea beetles in the Aphthona complex from Europe: can we learn something about habitat associations of natural enemies prior to release? (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
233 | Eriophyoid mites (Acari: eriophyoidea) on leafy spurges (Euphorbia spp.) (euphrobiaceae) in Yugoslavia - their potential use in biological control (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
233 | Phomopsis amaranthicola, a broad-spectrum bioherbicide for Amaranthus spp. (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
234 | European surveys for fungal pathogens of Myriophyllum spicatum (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
234 | Puccinia evadens, a biological control agent for Baccharis halimifolia (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
235 | Phytotoxic metabolites produced by Ascochyta caulina, a potential mycoherbicide for the biocontrol of Chenopodium album (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
235 | Selection of natural enemies associated with strawberry guava, Psidium cattleianum, from Parana state, Brazil for biological control in Hawaii (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
237 | Pre-release studies: synthesis of session 3 |
243 | Multiplying cages: a strategy for the rapid redistribution of agents with slow rates of increase |
249 | Initiating the use of fungi for biocontrol of weeds in Malaysia |
253 | Biological control programme against saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) in the United States of America: progress and problems |
261 | Establishment of weed control agents under the influences of demographic stochasticity, environmental variability and Allee effects |
269 | Innovative approaches to transferring information on the use of biological control for noxious and nuisance plant management |
273 | International co-operation and linkages in the management of water hyacinth with emphasis on biological control |
283 | A new theoretical approach to the selection of promising agents for biological weed control |
287 | The importance of biological control for the reduction of the incidence of major weeds in developing countries |
291 | How best to release a biological control agent |
297 | Development of application techniques for biological weed control using rhizobacteria |
301 | Surveying for pathogens as potential weed biocontrol agents |
307 | Improved prospects for biological control of three solanum weeds in South Africa |
313 | A method for prioritizing biological control projects with reference to those of Queensland |
319 | Theoretical models for weed biocontrol: Rottboellia cochinchinensis infection with sterilizing fungi |
327 | Status of Chromolaena odorata biological control using Pareuchaetes pseudoinsulata, in Ghana |
333 | A new biocontrol project on grass weeds in Vietnam and Australia (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
333 | Efficacy of rhizobacteria as biological control agents of downy brome (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
334 | Biological control of weeds programmes of the European biological control laboratory (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
334 | Release of the fungus, Sphaerulina mimosae (Phloeospora mimosae-pigrae), in Australia for biological control of giant sensitive plant, Mimosa pigra (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
335 | Biocontrol of tropical weeds: an intensive two-week course in Brisbane, Australia (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
335 | Computer-based information/expert systems on noxious and nuisance plant management (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
336 | A European programme for the biological control of weeds in crops: objectives and present status (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
336 | Impact of Apion ulicis (Coleoptera: Apionidae) on gorse, Ulex europaeus (Fabaceae), in an agricultural habitat in Chile (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
337 | Phytoflagellates (Trypanosomatidae: Mastigophora): the pathogenicity of new plant diseases and their potential as biological control agents (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
337 | Virulence of heterokaryons of Fusarium oxysporum (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
338 | Are pathogens better than insects for use against summer annual weeds such as Heliotropium europaeum? (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
338 | Strategies for the improvement of pathosystems (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
339 | Biological control of forest weeds in Hawaii (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
339 | Environmental weeds in the native forests of La Reunion Island: prospects for biocontrol (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
340 | Multivariate analysis in the selection of potential candidates for biological control (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
340 | Purge spurge: leafy spurge database (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
341 | Collaboration on biological control of water hyacinth in south-east Asia (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
341 | Use of risk assessment to screen the wusu (NW China) biotype of Altica carduorum (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) for the biocontrol of Cirsium arvense in Canada (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
343 | New developments, strategies and overviews: synthesis of session 4 |
351 | A biological weed control programme using insects against purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria, in North America |
357 | Population dynamics of an introduced biological control agent for gorse in New Zealand: a simulation study |
365 | Expected and observed effects of the mite Aculus hyperici on St John's wort, Hypericum perforatum, in Australia |
371 | Biological control of gorse in Hawaii |
377 | Biological control in a cold climate: temperature responses and climatic adaptation of weed biocontrol agents |
385 | Rust epidemics, climate and control of Xanthium occidentale |
393 | Temperature effects on alligator weed flea-beetle, Agasicles hygrophila (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): implications for biological control in New Zealand |
399 | Are chrysomelid beetles effective agents for biological control of weeds? |
409 | Interspecific competition between Rhinocyllus conicus and Urophora solstitialis, two biocontrol agents released in Australia against Carduus nutans |
417 | Evaluation of a fungal pathogen for control of Canada thistle (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
417 | The first use of insect biological control agents to manage submersed aquatic plant (Hydrilla verticillata) (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
418 | A closer look at an accidentally-introduced biological control agent for broom (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
418 | Density-dependent mortality during larval development of Galerucella calmariensis and G. pusilla (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
418 | Parasitism of Trichilogaster acaciaelongifoliae (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
419 | Progress towards establishment of a seed beetle, Bruchidius villosus, for biological control of broom (Cytisus scoparius) in New Zealand (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
420 | Biology of Smicronyx guineanus and S. umbrinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), potential biocontrol agents of Striga hermonthica (Scrophulariaceae) in Burkina Faso (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
420 | Life tables and feeding ability of Ophraella communa (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) a potential biocontrol agent of Ambrosia artemisiifolia (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
421 | Association and synchrony of Smicronyx guineanus and S. umbrinus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and the parasitic weed Striga hermonthica (Scrophulariaceae) (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
421 | Field establishment - how long does it take? (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
423 | Agent performance: synthesis of session 5 |
429 | An attack strategy against Chrysanthemoides monilifera, a weed of native vegetation in Australia |
435 | The integrated control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, in Africa based on Roundup® herbicide treatments |
441 | Integrated management of Parkinsonia aculeata on the Roper River, Northern Territory, Australia |
445 | Integrated biological and herbicidal controls to manage salvinia in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia |
451 | The establishment of a distribution network for the mite Aculus hyperici to control St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) in Australia |
455 | Biocontrol of Chromolaena odorata: divided we fail |
461 | Striga hermonthica control with Fusarium nygamai in maize |
467 | Integration of biological control and other weed control against Emex australis in annual pasture-crop rotations |
473 | Development of a fungal pathogen for biocontrol of the submersed aquatic macrophyte Hydrilla verticillata |
479 | Development of management plans for control of water hyacinth in South Africa (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
479 | Effect of the fungal pathogen, Colletotrichum coccodes, on velvetleaf-soybean competition in the field (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
479 | Towards the integration of biological control: the Cooperative Research Centre for Weed Management Systems (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
480 | Integrated control of Opuntia aurantiaca in Australia and South Africa, the shift in emphasis from herbicidal to biological control (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
480 | Integration of herbicides with flea beetles, Aphthona nigriscutis, for leafy spurge control (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
481 | An emerging research protocol for biological weed control in crops: the case of common groundsel, Senecio vulgaris (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
481 | Eutrophication and the biological control of water hyacinth (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
482 | Combined non- of low-virulent pathogens and special formulated carriers as broad-spectrum bioherbicides (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
483 | Integrated control and management: synthesis of session 6 |
489 | Economical and regional benefits from the biological control of tansy ragwort, Senecio jacobaea, in Oregon |
495 | Are seed-feeding insects of use for the biological control of broom? |
503 | Classical biocontrol of weeds in crop rotation: a story of failure and prospects for success |
507 | Mortality of Eichhornia crassipes (water hyacinth) in winter following summer stress by biological control agents (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
507 | The effects of augmented water hyacinth weevil (Neochetina eichhorniae) populations on water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) mat expansion rates (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
508 | From the individual to the population in biological control of ragwort, Senecio jacobaea (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
508 | Fusarium oxysporum isolate M12-4A controls Striga hermonthica in the field in west Africa (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
509 | Impact of a gall-forming rust fungus, Uromycladium tepperianum, on populations of an invasive tree, Acacia saligna, in South Africa (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
509 | Measuring the intensity of herbivore pressure on goldenrods, Solidago species (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
510 | Biological control of Mimosa pigra begins to work (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
511 | Evaluation and economics: synthesis of session 7 |
519 | Cultural and infection studies on Pyrenophora semeniperda, a possible bioherbicide for annual grass-weeds |
525 | Colletotrichum caudatum, a potential bioherbicide for control of Imperata cylindrica |
529 | Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, a potential biocontrol agent for Chrysanthemoides monilifera (bitoubush) |
531 | Control of broad-leaved docks by Armillaria mellea |
535 | Progress in formulation of a vegetable-oil-based invert emulsion for mycoherbicidal control of bracken, Pteridium aquilinum |
541 | Bioherbicide projects in Australia (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
541 | Bioherbicides for pigweeds, nutsedges, grasses and other weeds in niche markets (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
541 | Success of an invert emulsion formulation in two bioherbicide systems (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
542 | Progress in the development of Rhynchosporium alismatis as a biocontrol agent for Alismataceae weeds (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
542 | Rhizo-organisms to manage Bromus tectorum and Setaria viridis in wheat (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
543 | Rottboellia cochinchinensis: developing a biological control strategy (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
543 | Screening fungal pathogens for the control of Papaver somniferum in the former Soviet Union (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
544 | Bioherbicide research at CENARGEN/EMBRAPA, Brazil (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
544 | Formulation and delivery of microbial herbicides (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
545 | Taxonomy and host-range of an Alternaria-isolate, a biocontrol agent for Sphenoclea zeylanica (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
545 | Use of molecular marker variability for the identification of Colletotrichum isolates and species (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
546 | Different countries, several bioherbicides, but always the same hurdles (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
546 | Infection process of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides f.sp. malvae on Malvaceae weeds (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
547 | The development of mycoherbicides for an invasive shrub, Hakea sericea, and a tree, Acacia mearnsii, in South Africa (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
547 | Update on the present status and the future prospects of BioMal (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
548 | Creating more effective pathogens (ABSTRACT ONLY) |
548 | Safe broad-spectrum bioherbicides using weakly- or non-virulent fungi (ABSTRACT ONLY) |