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BIOLOGICAL CONTROL
Volume 52, Issue 3, Pages 271-287Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2009.07.011
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Agent releases; Operating framework; Successes; Quarantine facilities; Climate matching; Invasive plants
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Considerable progress has been made towards the successful classical biological control of many of Australia's exotic weeds over the past decade. Some 43 new arthropod or pathogen agents were released in 19 projects. Effective biological control was achieved in several projects with the outstanding successes being the control of rubber vine, Cryptostegia grandiflora, and bridal creeper, Asparagus asparagoides. Significant developments also occurred in target prioritization, procedures for target and agent approval, funding, infrastructure and cooperation between agencies. Scientific developments included greater emphasis on climate matching, plant and agent phylogeny, molecular diagnostics, agent prioritization and agent evaluation. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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