A quantitative post-release evaluation of biological control of water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes L. (Araceae) by the weevil Neohydronomus affinis Hustache (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) at Cape Recife Nature Reserve, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa
[from the introduction] Water lettuce, Pistia stratiotes L. (Araceae) is recognized as being among the world’s worst aquatic weeds. In its adventive range, the plant forms extensive mats capable of blocking navigation channels, impeding water flow in irrigation and flood control canals, and disrupti...
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2012
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1010987 http://dx.doi.org/10.4001/003.020.0217 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0579-5298 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0579-5298 |