Publications for:

pest = Pontederia crassipes (weed)
country = South Africa

found 21 publications:

2022

It's a numbers game: inundative biological control of water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes), using Megamelus scutellaris (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) yields success at a high elevation, hypertrophic reservoir in South Africa
Biocontrol Science and Technology (2022) 32 (10), 1302-1311
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Laboratory-based mate choices of two Eccritotarsus species (Hemiptera: Miridae) used as biological control agents of water hyacinth, Pontederia (Eichhornia) crassipes (Pontederiaceae), in South Africa
Journal of Entomological Science (2022) 57 (2), 267-280
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2021

A review of the biocontrol programmes against aquatic weeds in South Africa
African Entomology (2021) 29 (3), 935-964
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 Mind the gap: the delayed recovery of a population of the biological control agent Megamelus scutellaris Berg. (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) on water hyacinth after winter
Bulletin of Entomological Research (2021) 111 (1), 120-128
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Chemical emission of two Eccritotarsus species (Hemiptera: Miridae) released as biological control agents of water hyacinth
Journal of Entomological Science (2021) 56 (2), 156-171
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2019

First record of an indigenous South African parasitoid wasp on an imported biological control agent, the water hyacinth hopper
Biocontrol Science and Technology (2019) 29 (12), 1234-1241
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Testing the thermal limits of Eccritotarsus catarinensis: a case of thermal plasticity
Biocontrol Science and Technology (2019) 29 (6), 565-577
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Thermal plasticity and microevolution enhance establishment success and persistence of a water hyacinth biological control agent
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2019) 167 (7), 616-625
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Cryptic species of a water hyacinth biological control agent revealed in South Africa: host specificity, impact, and thermal tolerance
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2019) 167 (7), 682-691
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Into the weeds: Matching importation history to genetic consequences and pathways in two widely used biological control agents
Evolutionary Applications (2019) 12 (4), 773-790
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2018

The effect of water nutrients on the feeding intensity and development of larvae of Neochetina eichhorniae (Warner) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biocontrol agent of the invasive water hyacinth
African Entomology (2018) 26 (1), 63-72
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2013

Impacts of a sub-lethal dose of glyphosate on water hyacinth nutrients and its indirect effects on Neochetina weevils
Biocontrol Science and Technology (2013) 23 (12), 1412-1426
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Comparisons of the thermal physiology of water hyacinth biological control agents: predicting establishment and distribution pre- and post-release
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2013) 147 (3), 241-250
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2012

The role of eutrophication in the biological control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, in South Africa
BioControl (2012) 57 (2), 247-261
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Toxic effect of herbicides used for water hyacinth control on two insects released for its biological control in South Africa
Biocontrol Science and Technology (2012) 22 (11), 1321-1333
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The effects of insect-insect interactions on the performance of three biological control agents released against water hyacinth
Biocontrol Science and Technology (2012) 22 (8), 883-897
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2011

A review of the biological control programmes on Eichhornia crassipes (C.Mart.) Solms (Pontederiaceae), Salvinia molesta D.S.Mitch. (Salviniaceae), Pistia stratiotes L. (Araceae), Myriophyllum aquaticum (Vell.) Verdc. (Haloragaceae) and Azolla filiculoides Lam. (Azollaceae) in South Africa
African Entomology (2011) 19 (2), 451-468
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2008

Genetic diversity, population structure and gene flow in native populations of a proposed biocontrol agent (Cornops aquaticum)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2008) 95 (4), 666-676
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Integrated control of water hyacinth in Africa
EPPO Bulletin (2008) 38 (3), 452-457
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Biological control of water hyacinth - the South African experience
EPPO Bulletin (2008) 38 (3), 458-463
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2007

Predicting the distribution of Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a natural enemy released on water hyacinth in South Africa
Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata (2007) 125 (3), 237-247
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