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Biocontrol of invasive water hyacinth contributes to socioeconomic and health improvements in Africa

07-08-2007 · EurekAlert!

In research that will be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists in Chicago (July 7-11, 2007), scientists implemented a successful bioeradication program of an invasive water weed in Africa's Lake Victoria. Two insect biocontrol species, weevils in the genus Neochetina, were used, along with mechanical removal, to control the highly invasive water hyacinth, which has also plagued waterways in the southern United States.

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