- Title
- The establishment and rapid spread of Sagittaria Platyphylla in South Africa:
- Creator
- Ndlovu, Mpilonhle S, Coetzee, Julie A, Nxumalo, Menzi M, Lalla, Reshnee, Shabalala, Ntombifuthi, Martin, Grant D
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/149788
- Identifier
- vital:38884
- Identifier
- https://doi.org/10.3390/w12051472
- Description
- Sagittaria platyphylla Engelm. (Alismataceae) is a freshwater aquatic macrophyte that has become an important invasive weed in freshwater systems in South Africa, New Zealand, Australia, and recently China. In South Africa, due to its rapid increase in distribution and ineffective control options, it is recognised as one of the country’s worst invasive aquatic alien plants. In this paper, we investigate the spread of the plant since its first detection in 2008, and the management strategies currently carried out against it. Despite early detection and rapid response programmes, which included chemical and mechanical control measures, the plant was able to spread both within and between sites, increasing from just one site in 2008 to 72 by 2019. Once introduced into a lotic system, the plant was able to spread rapidly, in some cases up to 120 km within 6 years, with an average of 10 km per year. The plant was successfully extirpated at some sites, however, due to the failure of chemical and mechanical control, biological control is currently being considered as a potential control option.
- Format
- 14 pages, pdf
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Water, Ndlovu, M.S., Coetzee, J.A., Nxumalo, M.M., Lalla, R., Shabalala, N. and Martin, G.D., 2020. The Establishment and Rapid Spread of Sagittaria Platyphylla in South Africa. Water, 12(5), p.1472., Water volume 12 number 5 p.1472 May 2020 2073-4441
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Martin, Grant D (Dr)
Coetzee, Julie A (Prof)
RU DST/NRF SARChI for Insects in Sustainable Agricultural Ecosystems
RU Department of Botany
SDG 09. Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
SDG 15. Life On Land
RU Department of Zoology and Entomology
SDG 14. Life Below Water
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