- 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, Canavan, Kim N, Day, Michael M, Paterson, Iain D
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- 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.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (12 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Applied Ecology, 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, Journal of Applied Ecology volume 58 number 5 p. 1043 2021 1439-0418
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- Rights
- Closed Access
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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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