Biological Control of Aquatic Weeds with Plant Pathogens.

Abstract

In the early 1970's, an effort was initiated to locate and isolate pathogenic organisms for use in the biological control of aquatic plants with special reference to waterhyacinth. This report describes the exhaustive search which has been conducted both in the United States and in several foreign countries. Informaton on laboratory and field research studies is presented as well as the current state of the art in this area of aquatic plant management research. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA032862

Entities

People

  • F. W. Zettler
  • K. E. Conway
  • R. Charudattan
  • T. F. Freeman

Organizations

  • University of Florida

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biodegradation
  • Environmental Protection
  • Fungi
  • Plants
  • United States
  • Vegetables

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Systems Analysis and Design