History, opportunities and challenges for biological control in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific islands

Crop Protection

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 255-265

  Julien, M H ^a,d   Scott, J K ^a,d   Orapa, W ^b   Paynter, Q ^c,d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Secretariat of the Pacific Community   (Fiji)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biological control; New Zealand; Pacific islands; Weeds

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; HOST RANGE; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

CACTACEAE; LANTANA;

EID: 33846375087     PISSN: 02612194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2006.01.019     Document Type: Article

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