Chevroned Water Hyacinth weevil Neochetina bruchi Hustache (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
Neochetina bruchi Hustache is commonly referred to as the chevroned water hyacinth weevil and is a weed biological control agent used to manage water hyacinth, Pontederia crassipes Mart.
Eutychus Kariuki, Carey Minteer
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INTEGRATED USE OF NEOCHETINA BRUCHI AND ALTERNARIA EICHHORNIAE IN CONTROLLING WATER HYACINTH [PDF]
The study on the integrated use of the chevroned water hyacinth weevil (Neochetina bruchi Mustache) and the water hyacinth blight disease (Alternaria eichhorniae Nag Raj & Ponnappa) in suppressing water hyacinth growth was carried out under field ...
OKKY S. DHARMAPUTRA +4 more
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INTEGRATED USE OF NEOCHETINA BRUCHI AND ALTERNARIA EICHHORNIAE IN CONTROLLING WATER HYACINTH
The study on the integrated use of the chevroned water hyacinth weevil (Neochetina bruchi Mustache) and the water hyacinth blight disease (Alternaria eichhorniae Nag Raj & Ponnappa) in s uppressing water hyacinth growth was carried out under field ...
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The Impact of Simulated Spectral Noise on Random Forest and Oblique Random Forest Classification Performance [PDF]
Hyperspectral datasets contain spectral noise, the presence of which adversely affects the classifier performance to generalize accurately. Despite machine learning algorithms being regarded as robust classifiers that generalize well under unfavourable ...
Kabir Peerbhay +3 more
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The possible effect of insecticide drift from citrus orchards, and acute toxicity of insecticides on the biocontrol agents of Pontederia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laub (Pontederiaceae) established along citrus orchards in the Lowveld region of Mpumalanga Province, South Africa [PDF]
This study investigated the possible effect of insecticide drift on naturalized biological control agents of Pontederia crassipes (Mart.) Solms-Laub (Pontederiaceae), in the Lowveld region of Mpumalanga Province of South Africa.
Mabuza, Mefika Michael
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\u3cem\u3eNEOCHETINA\u3c/em\u3e SPECIES AND ARTHROPOD COMMUNITIES IN WATER-HYACINTH RAFTS IN SOUTH CAROLINA [PDF]
Arthropod communities inhabiting feral water-hyacinth rafts were surveyed monthly in South Carolina\u27s Coastal Plain from March 2005 through February 2006. Special attention was given to the chevroned waterhyacinth weevil [Neochetina bruchi (Hustache)],
Powell, Benjamin
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The study on the integrated use of the chevroned water hyacinth weevil (Neochetina bruchi Mustache) and the water hyacinth blight disease (Alternaria eichhorniae Nag Raj & Ponnappa) in suppressing water hyacinth growth was carried out under field ...
DHARMAPUTRA, O. S. (OKKY) +4 more
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Impact of seasonal variation on population of weevils (Neochetina spp) [PDF]
The impact of seasonal variation on population of weevils (Neochetina Spp), commonly used as water hyacinth bio-control agent was carried out in the National Institute for Freshwater Fisheries Research water-hyacinth insect laboratory. The experiment was
Brinin-Yauri, A.Y. +3 more
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Control of water hyacinth and other invasive weeds in Lake Victoria: a regional project proposal [PDF]
This proposal requests the World Bank, through the FAO and the Governments of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania to fund a "Regional Project for the Control of Water Hyacinth, with Particular Reference to manual harvesting and the Introduction of natural enemies
Mailu, A.M.
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A review of herbicide use in the control of water hyacinth with recommendations on possible use in Lake Victoria [PDF]
Lake Victoria, which is socioeconomically important to the riparian states of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and to the global global community, has a surface area of 68,000 km2 while the adjoining lake catchment area measures 184,000 km2.
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