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Weed biocontrol
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Target/agent selection
Plant traits that predict the success of weed biocontrol.
Target/agent selection
A revised weed prioritisation tool
Target/agent selection
What plant metabolomics has to offer weed biocontrol
Target/agent selection
Do antagonistic fungi interfere with successful biocontrol?
Target/agent selection
Ecosystem outcomes
A case study on Heather
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Economics
Biocontrol – more cost effective than other control methods: case study on ragwort
Economics
St John’s wort beetles more than pay off: A cost benefit analysis
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Broom psyllids and Liberibacter
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A prototype tool for calculating relative performance risk scores
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