Biological control is a crucial tool in the battle against biological invasions, but biocontrol agents can have a deleterious impact on native species. Recognition of risks associated with host shifting has increased the emphasis on host specificity of biocontrol agents for invasive weeds. However, recent studies indicate hostspecific biocontrol agents can also exhibit substantial nontarget eff...

Monitoring of populations of a target weed species prior to releasing natural enemies has the potential to improve the rigor and safety of biological control and to determine the invader’s impacts on native communities while creating a reference point for evaluating the efficacy of subsequent biocontrol agent releases. Eight populations of garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata (M. Bieb) Cavara and...

abstract increased knowledge of russian knapweed biology would facilitate development of an optimum control program. to examine germination characteristic of this weed, several experiments were conducted in weed research department, plant pest and diseases research institute of tehran during 2003. first experiment was a factorial with 3 replications to break seed dormancy of this weed. first fa...

In this paper, an artificial-based optimizes and analysis of an optimal proportional, integral, derivative (PID) controller is introduced for a hydro-turbine generator governor. The main purpose, optimization PID controller parameters of hydro-turbine connected to the network for damping output frequency oscillation. In The proposed approach, an optimal and evolutionary based proportional, inte...

Invasive plants cause substantial environmental damage and economic loss. Here, we explore the possibility that a selfish genetic element found in plants called cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) could be exploited for weed control. CMS is caused by mutations in the mitochondrial genome that sterilize male reproductive organs. We developed an analytical model and a spatial simulation to assess th...

Herbicides are the major weed control tool in most cropping systems worldwide. However, the high reliance on herbicides has led to environmental issues as well as to the evolution of herbicide-resistant biotypes. Resistance is a major concern in modern agriculture and early detection of resistant biotypes is therefore crucial for its management and prevention. In this context, a timely update o...

Lygodium microphyllum, Old World climbing fern, is native to the wet tropics and subtropics of the Old World and an invasive weed in southern Florida. Exploration for natural enemies of this weed was conducted between 1997 and 2002 in Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Caledonia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Two species of mites and 20 insect species were coll...

Early research leading to the successful biological control of invasive species such as Opuntia spp., and Hypericum perforatum set examples and provided data useful for research programs that would follow. However, this early work failed to become established as a source of applicable principles for later workers in weed biocontrol. Recently, retrospective and parallel studies have been suggest...

Acanthospermum hispidum DC. is a South American weed with high invasive potential that infects more than 25 major crops. As result of the research, phytosanitary status species as absent in territory Russian Federation was clarified. The types regulated products were analyzed and possible ways A. penetration into Russia shown article.

Native grasses are increasingly popular and valuable tools for revegetation, erosion control, and wildlife habitat improvement. Many have unique features and benefits that make them advantageous over certain exotic and introduced grasses. In the field of ecological restoration, they are a critical and required component of the target plant community, ecosystem, or natural habitat. A number of n...