Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

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Further reading

Barton J, Anderson F 2016. Prospects for the biological control of nassella tussock (Nassella trichotoma, Poaceae: Stipeae) with pathogens. Landcare Research Contract Report LC2692 prepared for AgResearch. 45 p.

Bellgard S, Probst C, Johnson V 2016. Synergism between herbicides and Nigrospora oryzae (Berk. and Broome) Petch for the inundative control of pampas in New Zealand. In: Randall R, Lloyd S, Borger C eds. Proceedings of the 20th Australasian Weeds Conference. Weeds Society of Western Australia. Pp. 274−278.

Bourdôt G, Lamoureaux S, Hayes L 2017. Nassella tussock: feasibility of biocontrol. AgResearch Publication no. 6565. AgResearch Limited. 9 p.

Fowler SV 2017. Restoring gumwood forests on St Helena: the contribution of biocontrol of Orthezia scale. In: Van Driesche RG, Reardon R eds. 2017. Supressing over-abundant invasive plants and insects in natural areas by use of their specialized natural enemies. USDA Forest Service FHTET-2017-02, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Pp. 29−35.

McAlpine KG, Lamoureaux SL, Timmins SM, Wotton DM 2017. Native woody plant recruitment in lowland forests invaded by non-native ground cover weeds and mammals. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 41: 65−73.

Paterson I, Paynter Q, Neser S, Akpabey F, Orapa W, Compton S 2017. West African arthropods hold promise as biological control agents for an invasive tree in the Pacific Islands. African Entomology 25: 244−247.

Paynter Q 2017. Impacts caused by invasive Hedychium gardnerianum infestations. Landcare Research Contract Report LC2774 prepared for Northland Regional Council. 16 p.

Paynter Q, Konuma A, Dodd SL, Hill RL, Field L, Gourlay AH, Winks CJ 2017. Prospects for biological control of Lonicera japonica (Caprifoliaceae) in New Zealand. Biological Control 105: 56−65.

Peterson P, Hayman E, Barton J 2017. Feasibility for biological control of Mexican Daisy, Erigeron karvinskianus DC. Landcare Research Contract Report LC2807 prepared for Auckland Council. 35 p.

Sutton GF, Paterson ID, Compton SG, Paynter Q 2017. Predicting the risk of non-target damage to a close relative of a target weed using sequential no-choice tests, paired-choice tests and olfactory discrimination experiments. Biocontrol Science and Technology 27: 1−14.

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