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By species

African Club Moss
Alligator Weed
Aquatic Weeds
Banana Passionfruit
Bridal Creeper
Broom
Californian Thistle
Chilean Flame Creeper
Chilean Needle Grass
Darwin’s Barberry
Gorse
Heather
Hieracium
Japanese Honeysuckle
Mexican Devil Weed
Mist Flower
Moth Plant
Nodding Thistle
Old Man’s Beard
Ragwort
Sydney Golden Wattle
Tradescantia
Wild Ginger
Woolly Nightshade

Dispersal

Allen R, Lee W 2001. Woody weed dispersal by birds, wind and explosive dehiscence in New Zealand. New Zealand Plant Protection 54: 61–66.

Barton K, Williams P 2001. Passage time for weed seeds in the digestive tract of herbivorous livestock. Landcare Research Contract Report: LC0001/065.

Fenner M, Lee W 2001. Lack of predispersal seed predators in introduced Asteraceae in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 25: 95–99 .

Williams P, Karl B 1996. Fleshy fruits of indigenous and adventive plants in the diet of birds in forest remnants, Nelson, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 20 :127–145.

Williams P, Karl B, Bannister P, Lee W 2000. Small mammals as potential seed dispersers in New Zealand. Austral Ecology 25: 523–532.

Grubb P, Kollmann J, Lee W 1999. A garden experiment on susceptibility to rabbit–grazing, sapling growth rates, and age at first reproduction for eleven European woody species. Plant Biology 1: 226–234.

Sullivan J, Williams P 2002. The ecology, distribution, and environmental weed potential of wild kiwifruit (Actinidia spp.) in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand. Landcare Research Contract Report, LC0102.

Williams P 1999. An ecological assessment of Phragmites australis (common reed) in New Zealand relevant to its potential use in controlled reed beds. Landcare Research Contract report No. LC9900/014. 19 p plus appendices.

Williams P, Barton K 2001. Biology and ecology of Tasmanian Blackwood (Acacia melanoxylon) and an assessment of its weed potential in New Zealand. Landcare Research Contract Report LC 1001/162.

Williams P, Buxton R 1995. Aspects of the ecology of banana passionfruit (Passiflora mollissima (Kunth) L. Bailey and P.pinnatistipula Cav.) as a weed in South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 33: 315–323.

Williams P, Ogle C, Timmins S, Reed V 1999. Biology and ecology of Senecio glastifolius and its spread and impacts in New Zealand. Science for Conservation 112. Department of Conservation, Wellinton. 23 pp.

Williams P, Timmins S 1998. Biology and ecology of Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) and its impacts in New Zealand. Science for Conservation 99, Department of Conservation, Wellington. 27 p.

Williams P, Timmins S, Smith J, Downey P 2001. The biology of Australian weeds 38. Lonicera japonica Thunb. Plant Protection Quarterly 16: 90–100.

Impacts

Harris RJ, Toft RJ, Dugdale JS, Williams PA, Rees JS 2004. Insect assemblages in a native kanuka (Kunzea ericoides) and an invasive gorse (Ulex europaeus) shrubland. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 28(1): 35–47. Summary available as newsletter article..

Lee W 2001. Introduced plants – negative effects of. Encyclopaedia of Biodiversity. Volume 3. USA. Academic Press. Pp.501–515.

Standish R, Robertson A, Williams P 2001. The impact of an invasive weed Tradescantia fluminensis on native forest regeneration. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 1253–1263. Newsletter article: Wise up to Weeds! Issue 1, p. 1 .
Abstract available

Stanley M, Fowler S 2004. Do weeds benefit native wildlife in urban areas? file . Poster.

Toft RJ, Harris RJ, Williams PA 2001. Impacts of the weed Tradescantia fluminensis on insect communities in fragmented forests in New Zealand. Biological Conservation 102: 31–46.
Abstract available

Williams P, Timmins S 2002. Economic impacts of weeds in New Zealand: some examples. Pimentel, D. (ed). Environmental and economic costs of alien plant, animal and microbe invasions. Boca Raton, Florida. CRC Press. Pp. 175–184.

Williams P, Winks C, Rijkse W 2003. Forest processes in the presence of wild ginger (Hedychium gardnerianum). New Zealand Journal of Ecology 27: 45–54.

Yeates G, Williams P 2001. Influence of three invasive weeds and site factors on soil microfauna in New Zealand. Pedobiologia 45:367–383.

Invasion

Bellingham P 1998. Shrub succession and invasibility in a New Zealand montane grassland. Australian Journal of Ecology 23: 562–573.

Bellingham P, Coomes D 2003. Grazing and community structure as determinants of invasion by Scotch broom in a New Zealand montane shrubland. Diversity and Distributions 9: 19–28.
Abstract available

Fowler S, Harman H, Norris R, Ward D 2006. Biological control agents: can they tell us anything about the establishment of unwanted alien species? . In: Allen, R.B.; Lee, W.G. eds. Biological Invasions in New Zealand. Ecological Studies Vol 186. Springer–Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. Pp. 155–166.

Gleeson D, Harman H, Armstrong T 2006. Genetics of invasive species in New Zealand. . In: Allen, R.B.; Lee, W.G. eds. Biological Invasions in New Zealand. Ecological Studies Vol 186. Springer–Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg. Pp. 103–118.

Lee W, Williams P, Cameron E 2000. Plant invasions in urban environments – the key to limiting new weeds in New Zealand. In Suckling, D.M.; Stevens, P.S. (Eds.) Managing Urban Weeds and Pests. Proceedings of a New Zealand Plant Protection Society Symposium, The Centra Hotel – Auckland Airport, August 9th , 1999. Pp 43–58.

Sullivan J, Timmins S, Williams P 2001. Movement of invasive plant pests from coastal settlements into coastal native forest of northern New Zealand. Landcare Research Contract Report LC0001/161.

Walker S, Lee W 2002. Alluvial grasslands of Canterbury and Marlborough southern–east vegetation patterns, long–term and post–pastoral change. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 32: 113–147.

Management

Burns B, Williams P, Fitzgerald N 2001. Review of the Pinus contorta control programme, Waiouru Military Training Area. Landcare Research Contract Report LC0001/151.

Gourlay H 2011. List of insect species imported and released for biological control of weeds in New Zealand file . Checklist.

Shepherd J, Lee W 2002. Satellite mapping of gorse at regional scales. New Zealand Plant Protection 55: 95–98.
Available: http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biocons/weeds/mappinggorsepaper.asp
Abstract available

Williams P 1997. Ecology and management of invasive weeds . Science and Research Series No.7 Department of Conservation, Wellington. 67 p.

Williams P 2001. Assessing, managing, and monitoring the risk to surrounding land from the spread of roadside planting trials. Landcare Research Contract Report LC0102/039.

Williams P, Timmins S, Mountford N 1998. Control of Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica), climbing dock (Rumex sagitttatus), and bone–seed (Chrysanthemoides monilifera) . Science for Conservation 100. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 13 p.

Naturalisation

Duncan R, Williams P 2002. Darwin´s naturalization hypothesis challenged file . Nature 417: 608–609.
Abstract available

Duncan R, Williams P 2002. Taxonomic patterns in the naturalization rate of plant species in New Zealand. Thirteenth Australian Weeds Conference, pp.183–185 .

Gianotti A 2004. Using naturalisation rates to predict weediness . Newsletter article.

Risk

Gianotti A 2004. Unravelling the link between ecological traits and the invasiveness of weeds . Newsletter article.

Nicol E, Williams P 1999. Developing and strengthening of plant quarantine facilities: Weed risk assessment. FAO Project IND/92/032, FAO, New Delhi.

Pheloung P, Williams P, Halloy S 1999. A weed risk assessment model for use as a biosecurity tool evaluating plant introductions. . Journal of Environmental Management 57: 239–251.

Popay I, Williams P 2003. Plant importation – the good, the bad and the ugly. AgScience 13: 5 .

Williams P 1996. A weed risk assessment model for screening plant imports into New Zealand. Landcare Research Contract Report: LC 9596/080.

Williams P 2002. Proposed guidelines for weed–risk assessment in developing countries. Landcare Research Contract Report LC0102/085.

Williams P, Lee W 2001. Why screen for weediness? . New Zealand Garden Journal 4: 19–23.

Williams P, Newfield M 2002. A weed–risk assessment system for new conservation weeds in New Zealand. Science for Conservation 209. Department of Conservation, Wellington. 23 p.

Williams P, Nicol E, Newfield M 2000. Assessing the risk to indigenous New Zealand biota from new exotic plant taxa and genetic material. Science for Conservation 143. Department of Conservation, Wellington.

Williams P, Nicol E, Newfield M 2001. Assessing the risk to indigenous biota from exotic plant taxa not yet in New Zealand. Pp. 100– 116 In Groves, R.H.; Panetta, J.G.; Virtue, J.G.; (Eds.) Weed risk assessment. CSIRO Plant Industry. Canberra.

Williams P, Randall R 2002. How weedy are plants recently naturalized in New Zealand? . Poster for New Zealand Plant Protection Conference Biosecurity Symposium, Rotorua, August 2002.

Williams P, Wilton A, Spencer N 2002. A proposed conservation weed risk assessment system for the New Zealand border. Science for Conservation 208. Department of Conservation, Wellington, 47 p.

Safety

Martin M, Paynter Q 2010. Assessing the biosecurity risk from pathogens and herbivores to indigenous plants: lessons from weed biological control file . Biological Invasions 12:3237–3248.

Paynter Q, Fowler SV, Gourlay AH, Groenteman R, Peterson PG, Smith L, Winks CJ 2010. Predicting parasitoid accumulation on biological control agents of weeds file . Journal of Applied Ecology 47, 575–582 .

Paynter Q, Martin N, Berry J, Hona S, Peterson P, Gourlay AH, Wilson–Davey J, Smith L, Winks C, Fowler SV 2008. Non–target impacts of Phytomyza vitalbae a biological control agent of the European weed Clematis vitalba in New Zealand. Biological Control 44: 248–258.

Paynter QE, Fowler SV, Gourlay AH, Haines ML, Harman HM, Hona SR, Peterson PG, Smith LA, Wilson–Davey JRA, Winks CJ, Withers TM 2004. Safety in New Zealand weed biocontrol: A nationwide survey for impacts on non–target plants. New Zealand Plant Protection 57: 102–107.

Withers TM, Hill RL, Paynter Q, Fowler SV, Gourlay AH 2008. Post–release investigations into the field host range of the gorse pod moth, Cydia succedana Denis & Schiffermüller (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 31: 67–76.

African Club Moss

Barton J 2005. Prospects for Biological Control of African Club Moss (Selaginella kraussiana: Selaginellaceae) file . Landcare Research Contract Report LC405/066.

Alligator Weed

Bassett I, Paynter Q, Beggs J 2006. Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides) invasion affects decomposition rates in a northern New Zealand lake. In: Preston C, Watts JH, Crossman ND eds Proceedings of the 15th Australian Weeds Conference. Adelaide, Weed Management Society of South Australia. Pp. 776–779.

Waipara, NW, Bourdôt GW, Hurrell GA 2006. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum shows potential for controlling water lettuce, alligator weed and wandering Jew. . New Zealand Plant Protection 59: 23–27.

Aquatic Weeds

Waipara NW, Bourdôt GW, Hurrell, G.A 2006. Sclerotinia sclerotiorum shows potential for controlling water lettuce, alligator weed and wandering Jew. New Zealand Plant Protection 59: 23–27.

Banana Passionfruit

Bridal Creeper

Harman HM, Waipara NW, Winks CJ, Smith LA, Peterson PG, Jones A, Stanley J 2007. Distribution of bridal creeper rust (Puccinia myrsiphyllii) in New Zealand. New Zealand Plant Protection 60: 320.

Harman HM, Waipara NW, Winks CJ, Smith LA, Peterson PG, Wilkie JP 2008. Natural enemies of bridal creeper, Asparagus asparagoides, in New Zealand.. New Zealand Plant Protection 61. 362–367.

Harman HM, Wiapara NW, Winks CJ, Smith LA, Peterson PG, Wilkie JP 2008. Invertebrates and Fungi associated with Bridal Creeper, Asparagus asparagoides, in New Zealand file . Landcare Research Contract Report: LC0708/124.

Waipara NW, McKenzie EHC, Harman HM, Winks CJ, Park D 2006. First record of bridal creeper rust, Puccinia myrsiphylli, a classical biocontrol agent of the environmental weed bridal creeper, Asparagus asparagoides, in New Zealand file . Australasian Plant Disease Notes, 2006, 1, 23–24.

Broom

Allen R, Williams P, Lee W 1995. Seed bank accumulation of broom (Cytisus scoparius) in the South Island. Proceedings of the Forty Eighth New Zealand Plant Protection Conference: 276–280.

Fowler SV, Syrett P, Jarvis P 2000. Will expected and unexpected non–target effects, and the New Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act, cause biological control of broom to fail in New Zealand? file . Neal R. Spencer (ed.). Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, 4–14 July 1999, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA. pp. 173–186.
Abstract available

Fröhlich J 1999. Development of a mycoherbicide against gorse (Ulex europaeus) and broom (Cytisus scoparius) in New Zealand. International Bioherbicide Group News 8: 7–8.

Fröhlich J, Gianotti A 2000. Development of a bioherbicide to control gorse and broom in New Zealand: research update . New Zealand Journal of Forestry 45: 38–40.

Harman H 1999. The effect of variability in the phenology of the reproductive stages of Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) on the synchronization of the life stages of broom seed beetle (Bruchidius villosus) in New Zealand. Biological Control 15: 228–234.

Jarvis P, Fowler S, Paynter Q, Syrett P 2006. Economic benefits and costs of introducing new biological control agents for Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius into New Zealand. Biological Control 39: 135–146.

Paynter Q 2007. Figures scotch beekeeper´s fears. Biocontrol News and Information 27(4): 63–64N.

Paynter Q, Gourlay H, Peterson P, Wilson–Davey J, Fowler S 2006. Predicting the economic costs and benefits of introducing new biological control agents for Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius into New Zealand: how much will the biological control of broom harm the New Zealand beekeeping industry?. In: Preston C, Watts JH, Crossman ND eds Proceedings of the 15th Australian Weeds Conference. Adelaide, Weed Management Society of South Australia. Pp. 659–662.

Paynter Q, Main A, Gourlay AH, Peterson PG, Fowler SV, BuckleyYM 2010. Disruption of an exotic mutualism can improve management of an invasive plant: varroa mite, honeybees and biological control of Scotch broom Cytisus scoparius in New Zealand file . Journal of Applied Ecology 47, 309–317.

Paynter, Q., Downey, P.O.; Sheppard, A.W 2003. Age structure and growth of the woody weed Cytisus scoparius in native and exotic habitats: Implications for control. Journal of Applied Ecology 40: 470–480.

Syrett P, Fowler S, Coombs E, Hosking J, Markin G, Paynter Q, Sheppard A 1999. The potential for biological control of Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) (Fabaceae) and related weedy species. Biocontrol News and Information 20 (1): 17N–34N.
Abstract available

Syrett P, Fowler S, Harman H, Hayes L, Memmott J, Sheat J 2007. Establishment of Arytainilla spartiophila Forster (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a new biological control agent for broom, Cytisus scoparius, in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 30: 53–62.

Californian Thistle

Gourlay AH, Hill RL 2006. Host Specificity of Cassida rubiginosa Müll. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) and Apion onopordi Kirby (Coleoptera: Apionidae), potential control agents for Californian thistle (Cirsium arvense) in New Zealand. Landcare Research Contract Report LC0506/096. Prepared for the Californian Thistle Action Group. 26 p..

Waipara NW 2004. Field evaluations of Phoma exigua as a biocontrol against Californian thistle (Cirsium arvense). Landcare Research Contract Report LC0304/118.

Chilean Flame Creeper

Harman H 2006. Prospects for biological control of Chilean flame creeper Tropaoelum speciosum (Tropaeolaceae) file . Landcare Research Contract Report: LC0607/013.

Chilean Needle Grass

Anderson FE, Barton J, McLaren D 2010. Studies to assess the suitability of Uromyces pencanus as a biological control agent for Nassella neesiana (Poaceae) in Australia and New Zealand file . Austalian Plant Pathology 39: 69–78.

McGregor P 1999. Prospects for biological control of Chilean needle grass (Nassella neesiana) (Poaceae: Stipeae). Landcare Research Contract Report LC9899/128. 18p.

Darwin’s Barberry

Smith L, Winks C, Waipara N, Gianotti A, Wilkie P, McKenzie E 2004. Fungi and invertebrates associated with barberry (Berberis spp.) in New Zealand. . Landcare Research Contract Report LC0405/026. Prepared for regional councils and the Department of Conservation. 41 p.

Smith LA, Winks CJ, Waipara NW, Gianotti AF, Wilkie JP, McKenzie EHC 2004. A survey of fungal plant pathogens associated with weed infestations of barberry (Berberis spp.) in New Zealand and their biocontrol potential file . Landcare Research Contract Report: LC0405/026.

Gorse

Bourdôt G, Barton J, Hurrell G, Gianotti A, Saville D 2006. Chondrostereum purpureum and Fusarium tumidum independently reduce regrowth in gorse (Ulex europaeus). Biocontrol Science and Technology 16: 307–327.

Fröhlich J 1999. Development of a mycoherbicide against gorse (Ulex europaeus) and broom (Cytisus scoparius) in New Zealand. International Bioherbicide Group News 8: 7–8 .

Fröhlich J, Gianotti A 2000. Development of a bioherbicide to control gorse and broom in New Zealand: research update. New Zealand Journal of Forestry 45: 38–40.

Gourlay A, Partridge T, Hill R 2003. Interactions between the gorse seed weevil (Exapion ulicis) and the gorse pod moth (Cydia succedana), explored by insecticide exclusion in Canterbury, New Zealand. Proceedings of the Xth International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, Canberra, Australia. Pp 520–522.

Hayes A, Gourlay A, Hill R 1999. Overwintering behaviour of gorse spider mite in New Zealand. Proceedings of the 52nd N. Z. Plant Protection Society Conference: 119–124.

Hill R, Gourlay A 1989. Ulex europaeus L., gorse (Fabaceae). A review of biological control of invertebrate pests and weeds in N.Z. 1874 to 1987. Technical Communication 10: 367–371.

Hill R, Gourlay A 2002. Host–range testing, introduction and Establishment of Cydia succedana (D&S) (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) for biological control agent of gorse (Ulex europaeus L.) in New Zealand. Biological Control 25: 173–186.

Hill R, Gourlay A, Barker R 2001. Survival of Ulex europaeus seeds in the soil at three sites in New Zealand. NZ Journal of Botany 39: 235–244.

Hill R, Gourlay A, Fowler S 2000. The biological control program against gorse in New Zealand file . Neal R. Spencer [ed.]. Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds, 4–14 July 1999, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA. Pp. 909–917.
Abstract available

Hill R, Gourlay A, Wigley P 1989. The introduction of gorse spider mite, Tetranychus lintearius, for biological control of gorse. Proceedings of the 42nd New Zealand weed and pest control conference: 137– 139.

Hill R, Markin G, Gourlay A, Fowler S, Yoshioka E 2001. Host range, release, and establishment of Sericothrips staphylinus Haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) as a biological control agent for gorse, Ulex europaeus L., (Fabaceae) in New Zealand and Hawai´i . Biological Control 21: 63–74.

Ireson J, Gourlay A, Kwong R, Holloway R, Chatterton W 1999. Prospects for the biological control of gorse in Australia. Proceedings of the 12th Australian Weeds Conference: 245.

Ireson J, Gourlay A, Kwong R, Holloway R, Chatterton W 1999. Progress on the introduction, rearing and release of gorse spider mite Tetranychus lintearius Dufour, for the biological control of gorse in Australia. Proceedings of the 12th Australian Weeds Conference: 320–324.

Rees M, Hill R 2001. Large scale disturbances, biological control and the dynamics of gorse population. Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 364–377.

Suckling D, Gibb A, Gourlay H, Conant P, Hirayama C, Leen R, Szocs G 2000. Sex attractant for the gorse biocontrol agent Agonopterix ulicetella (Oecophoridae). Proceedings of the 53rd Plant Protection Society Conference: 66–70.

Suckling D, Hill R, Gourlay A, Witzgall, et al 1999. Sex attractant–based monitoring of biological control agent of gorse. Biocontrol Science and Technology 9: 99–104.

Heather

Peterson P, Fowler SV 2004. Biological control of heather in Central North Island: progress report. Landcare Research Contract Report LC0304/156. Prepared for the Department of Conservation and the New Zealand Army. 43 p.

Peterson P, Fowler SV, Barrett P 2004. Is the poor establishment and performance of heather beetle in Tongariro National Park due to the impact of parasitoids, predators or disease? . New Zealand Plant Protection 57:89–93.

Hieracium

Klōppel M, Smith L, Syrett P 2003. Predicting the impact of the biocontrol agent Aulacidea subterminalis (Cynipidae) on growth of Hieracium pilosella (Asteraceae) under differing environmental conditions in New Zealand file . Biocontrol Science and Technology 13: 207–218.
Abstract available

Japanese Honeysuckle

Standish RJ 2002. Prospects for biological control of Japanese Honeysuckle Lonicera japonica Thunb. (Caprifoliaceae) file . Landcare Research Contract Report: LC0102/104.

Waipara NW, Winks CJ, Smith LA, Wilkie JP 2007. Natural enemies of Japanese Honeysuckle, Lonicera japonica, in New Zealand file . New Zealand Plant Protection 60:158–163.

Williams P, Timmins S, Smith J, Downey P 2001. The biology of Australian weeds 38. Lonicera japonica Thunb. Plant Protection Quarterly 16: 90–100.

Mexican Devil Weed

Hayes L 2008. Mexican Devil Weed Gall Fly file . Information sheet.

Mist Flower

Barton J, Fowler SV, Gianotti AF, Wilks CJ, de Beurs M, Arnold G, Forrester G 2007. Successful biological control of mist flower (Ageratina riparia) in New Zealand: Agent establishment, impact and benefits to the native flora. Biological Control 40 370–385.
Available: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WBP-4M0575J-2&_user=927784&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000048299&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=927784&md5=6ce5766ac18e1c38a9d419d4104662c1

Moth Plant

Massey B, Cui X, Hiebert E, Elliot MS, Waipara N, Hayes L, Charudattan R 2007. The partial sequencing of the genomic RNA of Araujia mosaic virus and the comparison of the coat protein sequence with other potyviruses. Archives of Virology 152: 2125–2129.

Waipara NW, Winks CJ, Gianotti AF, Villamil CB, Villamin SC, Delhey R, Kiehr M, Traversa MG, Carpintero DL 2006. Survey for potential biocontrol agents for Moth plant in New Zealand and Argentina file . New Zealand Plant Protection 59:1–6.

Winks CJ, Waipara NW, Gianotti AF 2004. Invertebrates and fungi associated with moth plant, Araujia sericifera, in New Zealand. Landcare Research Contract Report LC0405/009. Prepared for regional councils and the Department of Conservation. 29 p.

Nodding Thistle

Groenteman R, Kelly D, Fowler SV, Bourdôt GW 2007. Interactions between nodding thistle seed predators. . New Zealand Plant Protection 60: 152–157.

Old Man’s Beard

Gourlay A, Wittenberg R, Hill R, Spiers A, Fowler S 2000. The biological control programme against Clematis vitalba in New Zealand file . Proceedings of the Xth International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds: 709–718.
Abstract available

Hill R, Wittenberg R, Gourlay A 2001. Biology and host–range of Phytomyza vitalbae and its establishment for the biological control of Clematis vitalba in New Zealand. Biocontrol Science and Technology: 11, 459–473.

Paynter Q, Waipara N, Peterson P, Hona S, Fowler S, Gianotti A, Wilkie J 2006. The impact of two introduced biocontrol agents, Phytomyza vitalbae and Phoma clematidina, on Clematis vitalba in New Zealand file . Biological Control 36: 350–357.

Ragwort

Gourlay A, Fowler S, Rattray G 2006. Abundance of ragwort flea beetle (Longitarsus jacobaeae) at five sites on the West Coast, South Island, New Zealand file . Landcare Research Contract Report LC0405/131. Prepared for the West Coast Ragwort Control Trust. 20 p.

Gourlay AH 2005. Host specificity of two potential control agents (Cochylis atricapitana and Platyptilia isodactyla) for ragwort in New Zealand. Landcare Research Contract Report LC0405/084. Prepared for the West Coast Ragwort Control Trust. 37 p.

McGregor P 2001. Biological Control of Ragwort: Assessing the Impact of Ragwort Flea Beetle (Longitarsus jacobaeae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)) file . Landcare Research Contract Report LC0102/019.

Page B, Betteridge K, McGregor P, Rapson J, Costall D 2001. Effect of plant condition on oviposition by ragwort flea beetle. New Zealand Plant Protection 54: 116–119.

Smith L 2003. Investigation of ragwort flea beetle (Longitarsus jacobaeae Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) establishment success in Westland and Tasman. . Landcare Research Contract Report LC0203/181.

Winks CJ, Waipara NW, Smith LA, Tsai S, Wilkie JP, Peterson P 2007. Invertebrates and Pathogens Associated with Wild Ginger, Hedychium gardnerianum and Hedychium flavescens (Zingiberaceae), in New Zealand file . Landcare Research Contract Report: LC0708/062.

Woolly Nightshade

McGregor P 1999. Prospects for biological control of woolly nightshade (Solanum mauritianum) (Solanaceae) file . Landcare Research Contract Report LC9900/035. 15p.

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