Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) is a noxious weed that has attracted worldwide
attention due to its fast spread and congested growth, which lead to serious problems in …

Phytoremediation techniques for the treatment of different types of wastewater have been
used by several researchers. These techniques are reported to be cost effective compared …

Water is a basic necessity of life, but due to overextraction and heavy input of nutrients from
domestic and industrial sources, the contamination level of water bodies increase. In the last …

Mathematical models of the growth of water hyacinth are developed to provide a sound
basis for assessing existing and potential control options. We show that under constant …

Physical, cultural and biological methods for weed control have developed largely
independently and are often concerned with weed control in different systems: physical and …

Herbivory is a fundamental process that controls primary producer abundance and regulates
energy and nutrient flows to higher trophic levels. Despite the recent proliferation of small …

Present study elaborates the development of chemically modified dried water hyacinth root
(DWHR) as an adsorbent for the removal of chromium (VI) from the synthetic aqueous …

We review key issues, available approaches and analyses to encourage and assist
practitioners to develop sound plans to evaluate the effectiveness of weed biological control …

Biological control against water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes (C. Mart.) Solms
(Pontederiaceae), salvinia, Salvinia molesta DS Mitch.(Salviniaceae), water lettuce, Pistia …

South Africa has some of the most eutrophic aquatic systems in the world, as a result of the
adoption of an unnecessarily high 1 mg l− 1 phosphorus (P) standard for all water treatment …