Water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes ) is one of the potential feedstocks for bioethanol production due to their higher cellulose content. It needs optimization pretreatment remove lignin and release hemicellulose from lignocellulosic complex. Pretreatment was done using sulfuric acid, sodium hydroxide, calcium hypochlorite as soaking agents. Experiment carried out at 121 °C 15 minutes. with 1...

Megamelus scutellaris Berg (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) is the most recent of nine biological control agents developed to manage invasive water hyacinth, Pontederia (=Eichhornia) crassipes Mart. (Pontederiaceae), in South Africa. More than a million M. have been mass-reared and released since first introduction agent into Africa 2013, successfully establishing overwintering populations at 32 sites ...

Lake Tana is Ethiopia’s largest lake and infested with invasive water hyacinth (E. crassipes), which endangers the lake’s biodiversity habitat. Using appropriate remote sensing detection methods determining seasonal distribution of weed important for decision-making, resource management, environmental protection. As demand reliable estimation E. crassipes mapping from satellite data grows, comp...

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