Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of
Weeds - July 4-14, 1999
Session 9: Post Release and Impact Studies.
Refereed Papers
• Design and Importance of Post-Release Monitoring.
Blossey Band Skinner L.
Environmental Fate Studies Relating to the Use of Chondrostereum purpureum as a
Bioherbicide.
Gosselin L., Jobidon R., Bernier L.
The Biological Control Programme against Clematis vitalba in New Zealand.
Gourlay A.H., Wittenberg R., Hill R.L., Spiers A.G., Fowler S.V.
• Technology Transfer Programs for Biological Control of Weeds – the New Zealand
Experience.
Hayes L.M.
Recent Developments in the Biological Control of Invasive Acacias in South Africa:
Melanterius ?servulus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) against Acacia cyclops.
Impson F.A.C., Moran V.C., Hoffmann J.H., Donnelly D., Stewart K.
Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa Lamarck) Seed and Urophora sppGall
Destruction by Larinus minutus Gyllenhal (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Combined with
Urophora affinis Frauenfeld (Diptera: Tephritidae) and Urophora quadrifasciata
(Meigen) (Diptera: Tephritidae).
Lang R.F., Hansen R.W., Richard R.D., Ziolkowski H.
The Demographic Performance of the Capitulum Weevil, Larinus latus, on Onopordum
Thistles in its Native and Introduced Ranges.
Pettit W.J., Briese D.T.
• Population Buildup and Combined Impact of Introduced Insects on Yellow Starthistle
(Centaurea solstitialis L.) in California.
Pitcairn M.J., Woods D.M., Joley D.B., Turner C.E., Balciunas J.K.
Post Release Monitoring of Xubida infusella (Lep.: Pyralidae): An Example of Using
Pheromones for the Early Detection of Establishing Populations of Biological Control
Agents.
Stanley J.N., Julien M.H., Rumbo E.R., White A.J.
Strategies for Achieving Widespread Establishment of Broom Seed Beetle, Bruchidius
villosus (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a Biological Control Agent for Broom, Cytisus
scoparius, in New Zealand.
Syrett P., Sheat J.J., Harman H.M., Harris R.J., Hayes L.M., Rose E.A.F.
The Unintentional Introduction into the USA of Chaetorellia succinea – a ‘Lucky Break’
for Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle?
Balciunas Jand Villegas B.
Plant Phenology as an Indicator of Developmental Events in Weed-Feeding Insects.
Hansen R.
Biological Control of Schinus terebinthifolius: Past, Present and Future.
Hight S.D.
• Measuring the Impact of Biocontrol – Theory and Practice.
Lonsdale W.M.
Aphthona sppMovement and Leafy Spurge Control along Railroad Right-of-Ways.
Lym R.G., Christianson K.M., Nelson J.A.
• Assessing Target and Non-Target Effects of Lema cyanella Released for Control of Canada
Thistle.
McClay A.S., Butts R.A., Bourchier R.S.
Climate Compatibility of the Weevil, Stenopelmus rufinasus, a Biocontrol Agent, on the
Water Fern Azolla filiculoides in South Africa.
McConnachie A.J., Byrne M.J., Hill M.P.
Long-Term Monitoring of the Impact of Aphthona nigriscutis on Leafy Spurge: the Beverly
Bridge Sites.
Stromme K., Cole D.E., Tansey J., McClay A.S., Richardson C.J., de Valois J.
Evaluating the Use of Pheromones for Monitoring Establishment of Agapeta zoegana
(Lepidoptera: Cochylidae), a Biological Control Agent of Spotted Knapweed.
Sturdevant N.J., Daterman G.E., Vander Meer D.
Pre-Release Studies and the Selection of Biological Control Agents.
Wilson L.Mand McCaffrey J.P.
Effectiveness of Trichosirocalus horridus against Carduus nutans in Australia.
Woodburn T.L.
• Denotes Oral Presentations