Roy Van Driesche, University of Massachusetts, is an expert
in biological control in the Entomology Division of the University
of Massachusetts at Amherst. An earlier book on this topic by Van
Driesche was published in 1996 as well as one on the invasive
species problem. He is currently working to resolve the threat to
eastern hemlock (a native forest tree) posed by an invasive
Japanese adelgid.
Mark Hoddle, University of California, Riverside, has
written numerous articles and edited conference proceedings on
biocontrol. He has recently successfully controlled the glassy wing
sharpshooter in French Polynesia with introduced egg
parasitoids.
Ted Center, US Department of Agriculture, Agriculture
Research Service, is a world leader in biological control of
invasive plants, in particular against the world”s worst
water weed, waterhyacinth, and against melaleuca, an invasive
Australian tree threatening the survival of the Florida Everglades,
a World Heritage site.
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Roy Van Driesche & Mark Hoddle: Control of Pests and Weeds by Natural Enemies
Biological control – utilizing a population of natural enemies to seasonally or permanently suppress pests – is not a new concept. The cottony cushion scale, which nearly destroyed the citrus industr …
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