Field-based ecological studies to assess prospective biological control agents for invasive alien plants: An example from giant rat's tail grass

Sutton, Guy F; Canavan, Kim N; Day, Michael M; Paterson, Iain D

Title: Field-based ecological studies to assess prospective biological control agents for invasive alien plants: An example from giant rat's tail grass
Creator: Sutton, Guy F
Creator: Canavan, Kim N
Creator: Day, Michael M
Creator: Paterson, Iain D
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2021
Date: 2021
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/423756
Identifier: vital:72091
Identifier: xlink:href="https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13834"
Description: Biological control (biocontrol) of invasive alien plants is a widely utilised weed management tool. Prospective biocontrol agents are typically assessed through host specificity testing and pre-release efficacy studies performed in quarantine. However, rearing of the potential biocontrol agents and/or test plants is often difficult or impossible under quarantine conditions. Moreover, practitioners may attain laboratory artefacts in quarantine, which may result in the potential agent being needlessly rejected. Field-based studies in the weed's indigenous distribution could overcome these issues.
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Format: online resource
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Format: 1 online resource (12 pages)
Format: pdf
Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
Relation: Journal of Applied Ecology
Relation: Sutton, G.F., Canavan, K., Day, M.D. and Paterson, I.D., 2021. Field-based ecological studies to assess prospective biological control agents for invasive alien plants: An example from giant rat's tail grass. Journal of Applied Ecology, 58(5), pp.1043-1054
Relation: Journal of Applied Ecology volume 58 number 5 p. 1043 2021 1439-0418
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Sutton, Guy Frederick (Dr)

RU DST/NRF SARChI for Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems

Paterson, Iain D (Associate Professor)

SDG 15. Life On Land

RU Department of Zoology and Entomology

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