[APWG] BOOK: Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the U.S.

[Plant Conservation]

Cross-posted to RWG and APWG.

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Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 10:30:12 -0800
From: Tom Booth <tbooth at teleport.com>

* New book announcement from Oregon State University Press *

Biological Control of Invasive Plants in the United States
edited by Eric M. Coombs, Janet K. Clark, Gary L. Piper, and Alfred F.
Cofrancesco, Jr.
Publication date: November 2004
476 pages. Full-color photographs. Index.
ISBN 0-87071-029-X. Paperback, $45.00

Secure online ordering:
http://oregonstate.edu/dept/press/a-b/BioControl.html
Toll-free orders: 1-800-426-3797

Undesirable invasive plants are infesting public and private lands and
waterways in this country at an alarming rate. Various methods are used to
suppress these nonnative weeds, from herbicides to burning to cultivation.
Classical biological control--in which selected host-specific,
plant-attacking insects, mites, nematodes, and pathogens are introduced from
the invasive plant's native lands--provides an additional tool for land
managers.

In this book, leading experts review the discipline of biological control of
invasive terrestrial and aquatic plants. Topics addressed include ecology,
safety testing, nontarget impacts, and the processes of identifying,
introducing, distributing, and monitoring biological control agents.

This book also provides information about 39 target plants in the
continental United States and 94 agents, including their origin, biology,
habitat, impacts, and distribution. The book concludes with information
about invasive plants targeted for biological control in the future.

An invaluable reference for land managers, natural resource and weed control
specialists, and students of natural resource management, "Biological
Control of Invasive Plants in the United States" provides practical,
science-based information needed for understanding and using biological
control as part of an integrated invasive-plant management strategy.

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Contact: Tom Booth, OSU Press, 503-796-0547, tbooth at teleport.com