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dc.contributor.authorAjuonu, O.
dc.contributor.authorTamò, M.
dc.contributor.authorNeuenschwander, P.
dc.contributor.authorToko, M.
dc.contributor.authorBeed, Fen D.
dc.contributor.authorHounkpe, C.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:10:28Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:10:28Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationAjuonu, O., Tamo, M., Neuenschwander, P., Toko, M., Beed, F. & Hounkpe, C. (2010). Invasive floating water weeds – killing life and commerce.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/2153
dc.description.abstractWeeds by definition are plants that grow in the wrong place. When their seeds or other plant parts are transported to other regions where their natural enemies are absent, they can multiply unhindered. Indigenous plants, especially those that are adapted for invading disturbed areas, can also become weeds. The first category is a particularly good target for classical biological control. Insects, mites and micro-organisms that feed on them are imported from their original area and released against the new invader. Against indigenous plants however, biological control is far less promising. By the end of 1980s, many of the water bodies in West Africa were invaded by alien plant species considered to be among the world’s worst aquatic weeds: water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes, water lettuce Pistia stratiotes, and water fern Salvinia molesta. They were accidentally or deliberately introduced as ornamentals or for use in aquariums from their native range South America to many parts of the world where they have become invasive.
dc.format.extent2 p.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
dc.relation.ispartofseriesCGIAR SP-IPM Technical Innovation Brief No. 3;
dc.subjectWater Weeds
dc.subjectWater Hyacinth
dc.subjectNeochetina Eichhorniae
dc.subjectSalvinia Molesta
dc.subjectWeeds
dc.subjectBiological Control
dc.subjectEcowas
dc.subjectHerbicides
dc.subjectWeevil
dc.titleInvasive floating water weeds – killing life and commerce
dc.typeReport
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationIntegrated Management of Invasive Aquatic Weeds, Benin
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryBenin
cg.coverage.countryCongo
cg.coverage.countryGambia
cg.coverage.countryGhana
cg.coverage.countryMali
cg.coverage.countryMauritania
cg.coverage.countryNiger
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.countrySenegal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectWeeds
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.publicationplaceIbadan, Nigeria
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid90788
cg.targetaudienceScientists


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