Control and spread of alligator weed Alternanthera philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb., in Australia: lessons for other regions

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-201

  Sainty, G ^a   McCorkelle, G ^b   Julien, M ^b  

^a Box 1219   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR WEED; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DICHLOBENIL; GLYPHOSATE; INTRODUCED PLANT; METSULFURON;

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES;

EID: 0031389917     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008248921849     Document Type: Article

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