Since 1993, the annual worldwide cost of diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella
(L.)(Lepidoptera: Plutellidae), control has been routinely quoted to be US 1billion.Thisestimaterequiresupdatingandincorporat …

Scientific and societal unknowns make it difficult to predict how global environmental
changes such as climate change and biological invasions will affect ecological systems. In …

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 …

Considerable progress has been made towards the successful classical biological control of
many of Australia's exotic weeds over the past decade. Some 43 new arthropod or pathogen …

Anthropogenic impacts increasingly drive ecological and evolutionary processes at many
spatio‐temporal scales, demanding greater capacity to predict and manage their …

Chromolaena odorata (L.) King and Robinson (Asteraceae), formerly known as Eupatorium
odoratumL., is a weedy pioneering shrub native to the Americas from southern USA to …

Practitioners of classical biological control of invasive weeds are confronted with a dual
expectation: to achieve successful control of plant invaders and to avoid damage to …

Projected climate changes are thought to promote emerging infectious diseases, though to
date, evidence linking climate changes and such diseases in plants has not been available …

Tuta absoluta (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) originates from the South American tropics but has
become a major invasive pest of tomato and other Solanaceae crops worldwide. Agricultural …

Despite biocontrol research spanning over 100 years, the hybrid weed, commonly referred
to as Lantana camara, is not under adequate control. Host specificity and varietal preference …