Azolla filiculoides Lamarck (Pteridophyta: Azollaceae), its status in South Africa and control

Hydrobiologia

Volumn 415, Issue , 1999, Pages 203-206

  Hill, M P ^a   Cilliers, C J ^a  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological control; Herbicide control; Mechanical control; Red water fern; Utilization

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOCONTROL AGENT; FERN; INTRODUCED SPECIES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEED CONTROL;

SOUTH AFRICA;

AZOLLA FILICULOIDES; AZOLLACEAE; CURCULIONIDAE; FILICOPHYTA; PTERIDOPHYTA; STENOPELMUS RUFINASUS;

EID: 0033571974     PISSN: 00188158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1003869230591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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