A review of the causes and consequences of geographical variability in weed biological control successes

NE Harms, JT Cronin, R Diaz, RL Winston - Biological Control, 2020 - Elsevier
The impacts of different biotic and abiotic limiting factors on introduced biological control
agents and their weed targets may result in geographically variable control, with implications …

A catalogue of natural enemies of invasive alien plants in South Africa: classical biological control agents considered, released and established, exotic natural …

C Zachariades - African Entomology, 2021 - journals.co.za
A catalogue of natural enemies considered and released as biological control (biocontrol)
agents against invasive alien plants in South Africa has been maintained for many years …

Biological control of three Eupatorieae weeds in South Africa: 2011–2020

C Zachariades, L Van Der Westhuizen… - African …, 2021 - journals.co.za
Several weed species within the asteraceous tribe Eupatorieae, all with a neotropical origin,
are invasive in South Africa. Three of these form the subject of this review paper …

Application of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium+ carbon fertilizer improves the growth of Tecoma stans and the performance of its root-feeding biological control agent …

LG Madire, DO Simelane, T Olckers - Biocontrol Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The invasive tree Tecoma stans (L.) Juss. ex Kunth var stans (Bignoniaceae) has been
targeted for biological control in South Africa since 2003. Plant nutrients contained in …

Developmental and reproductive performance of a specialist herbivore depend on seasonality of, and light conditions experienced by, the host plant

OO Uyi, C Zachariades, LU Heshula, MP Hill - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Host plant phenology (as influenced by seasonality) and light-mediated changes in the
phenotypic and phytochemical properties of leaves have been hypothesised to equivocally …

[PDF][PDF] Biological control of Chromolaena odorata: Pareuchaetes insulata spreads its wings.

C Zachariades, OO Uyi, N Dube, LW Strathie, D Muir… - 2016 - researchgate.net
Populations of the leaf-feeding moth Pareuchaetes insulata from Florida (USA), Jamaica
and Cuba were mass-reared by the South African Sugarcane Research Institute (SASRI) …

Increased ploidy of Butomus umbellatus in introduced populations is not associated with higher phenotypic plasticity to N and P

NE Harms, JT Cronin, JF Gaskin - AoB Plants, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Separate introductions or post-introduction evolution may lead to multiple invader genotypes
or cytotypes that differ in growth rates, biomass or chemical profile responses (phenotype) to …

Suppression of the aquatic weed Hydrilla verticillata (Lf) Royle (Hydrocharitaceae) by a leaf-cutting moth Parapoynx diminutalis Snellen (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) in …

A Bownes - African Journal of Aquatic Science, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
A classical biological control programme against Hydrilla verticillata (Lf) Royle
(Hydrocharitaceae) was initiated in South Africa following the discovery of extensive mats in …

Temperature-dependent performance and potential distribution of Pareuchaetes insulata, a biological control agent of Chromolaena odorata in South Africa

OO Uyi, C Zachariades, MP Hill, AJ McConnachie - BioControl, 2016 - Springer
Despite the release of about 1.9 million individuals of Pareuchaetes insulata
(Walker)(Lepidoptera: Erebidae) in KwaZulu-Natal for the biological control of Chromolaena …

The nocturnal larvae of a specialist folivore prefer Chromolaena odorata (L.) foliage from a sunny environment, but does it matter?

OO Uyi, BI Uwagiahanor, AJ Ejomah - Arthropod-Plant Interactions, 2017 - Springer
Increasing evidence suggests that the responses of insect herbivores to environment-
mediated changes in the phenotypic and phytochemical traits of their host plants are more …