Climate mismatch between introduced biological control agents and their invasive host plants: improving biological control of tropical weeds in temperate regions

NE Harms, IA Knight, PD Pratt, AM Reddy, A Mukherjee… - Insects, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Mismatched distributions between biological control agents and their host
plants occur for a variety of reasons but are often linked to climate, specifically differences in …

Salvinia molesta D. Mitch. (Salviniaceae): impact and control

JA Coetzee, MP Hill - CABI Reviews, 2020 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Abstract Salvinia molesta DS Mitchell (Salviniaceae)(giant salvinia), a floating aquatic fern of
Brazilian origin, has been dispersed to much of the tropical and subtropical parts of the …

[HTML][HTML] Photo-catalyzed and phyto-mediated rapid green synthesis of silver nanoparticles using herbal extract of Salvinia molesta and its antimicrobial efficacy

DK Verma, SH Hasan, RM Banik - Journal of photochemistry and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Current study presents an economic, ecofriendly and simple photo-catalytic green route for
the swift biosynthesis of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) within 20 s, devoid of any instrumental …

Variation in cool temperature performance between populations of Neochetina eichhorniae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and implications for the biological control of …

AM Reddy, PD Pratt, JV Hopper, X Cibils-Stewart… - Biological Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Biological control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, has resulted in variable outcomes
in temperate regions where cool climates are thought to limit population growth and …

Biological control agent attack timing and population variability, but not density, best explain target weed density across an environmental gradient

N Harms, J Cronin - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Spatial variation in plant–herbivore interactions can be important in pest systems,
particularly when insect herbivores are used as biological control agents to manage …

Niche dynamics and potential distribution of Butomus umbellatus under current and future climate scenarios in North America

AK Banerjee, NE Harms, A Mukherjee, JF Gaskin - Hydrobiologia, 2020 - Springer
Predicting the potential distribution of invaders is informative for pre-emptive policy or
management decisions and identifying suitable areas for establishment of new populations …

Surveys in Argentina and Uruguay reveal Cyrtobagous salviniae (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) populations adapted to survive temperate climates in southeastern USA

A Russell, S Johnson, X Cibils, F McKay, L Moshman… - Biological Control, 2017 - Elsevier
Cyrtobagous salviniae is widely used in several countries including the United States, South
Africa and Australia for biological control of Salvinia molesta Mitchell (Salviniales …

Winter and spring conditions determine the production of the salvinia weevil mass rearing programme

CF Wahl, R Diaz - Biocontrol science and technology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Invasion from giant salvinia (Salvinia molesta Mitchell, Salviniaceae) blocks sunlight
entering waterbodies, reducing submerged aquatic macrophytes, thus lowering dissolved …

[PDF][PDF] Biological control of invasive floating fern leads to rapid recovery of ecological functions in coastal freshwater wetlands in Louisiana

SE Woodley, CF Wahl, A Tryforos, R Díaz - J. Aquat. Plant Manag, 2023 - researchgate.net
Despite the success of the salvinia weevil (Cyrtobagous salviniae) at controlling giant
salvinia (Salvinia molesta), its impact on the timing of reduction of giant salvinia cover and …

Intraspecific cold tolerance of the weed biological control agent alligatorweed thrips, Amynothrips andersoni, in the USA

N Harms, I Knight, A Huang - Biocontrol Science and Technology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Biological control of the invasive plant, alligatorweed (Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.)
Griseb.) is geographically variable, due in part to reduced overwintering survival of control …