Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of
Weeds - July 4-14, 1999
Session 2: Failure in Biological Control of Weeds.
Refereed Papers
• What Can We Learn From Biological Control Failures?
Myers J.H.
• Can Failure be Turned into Success for Biological Control of Mile-a-Minute Weed (Mikania micrantha)?
Cock M.J.W., Ellison C.A., Evans H.C., Ooi P.A.C.
• Trivial and Political Reasons for the Failure of Classical Biological Control of Weeds: a Personal View.
Fowler S.V.
• Will Expected and Unexpected Non-Target Effects, and the New Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act, Cause Biological Control of Broom to Fail in New Zealand?
Fowler S.V., Syrett P., Jarvis P.
• Rhinocyllus conicus – Insights to Improve Predictability and Minimize Risk of Biological Control of Weeds.
Louda S.M.
• What We Learned from the Failure of the Ragweed Leaf Beetle in Russia.
Reznik S.Y.
• Why do Weed Biocontrol Agents Fail to Establish or to Control Their Hosts?
Coombs E.M., McEvoy P.B., Piper G.L., Villegas B
• Projects on Biological Control of Russian Thistle and Milk Thistle in California: Failures
that Contributed to the Science of Biological Weed Control.
Goeden R.D
• Disparity Between Laboratory and Field Spraying Systems – a Cause of Practical Failure
of Mycoherbicides?
Greaves M.P., Lawrie J., Western N.M
• Predation and Interference by Phytoseiid Mites on the Spider Mite Tetranychus lintearius
(Acari: Tetranychidae), an Established Biological Control Agent of Gorse (Ulex
europaeus).
Pratt P.D., Coombs E.M., Croft B.A
• Failing to Make the Successful Leap from Small to Large Scale Application of a Fungal
Pathogen of Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle.
Shearer J.F.
• Denotes Oral Presentations