Abstract
Bill Palmer and colleagues recently published their paper 'Prospects for the biological control of the weedy sporobolus grasses in Australia' in Proceedings of the 16th Australian Weeds Conference. The paper gives a summary of a recent project to find a biological control for the weedy sporobolus grasses, which include giant rat's tail grass. Southern Africa was surveyed for potential agents and two, a leaf smut and a stem wasp, were selected for follow up studies. Unfortunately, they could not rear the stem wasp in the laboratory and the leaf smut infected four of the Australian native Sporobolus spp. and was therefore rejected. This project was one of the first attempts at biological control of a grass.
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A leaf smut and stem wasp were selected for follow-up after surveying Southern Africa.
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e0“Southern Africa was surveyed for potential agents and two, a leaf smut and a stem wasp, were selected for follow up studies”
t0“sporobolus grasses”
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The stem wasp could not be reared in the laboratory.
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e0“they could not rear the stem wasp in the laboratory”
t0“sporobolus grasses”
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The leaf smut infected four Australian native Sporobolus species and was rejected.
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e0“the leaf smut infected four of the Australian native Sporobolus spp. and was therefore rejected”