ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

1198 Biological control of water hyacinth with Megamelus scuttelaris (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) in Louisiana

Tuesday, November 15, 2011: 3:11 PM
Room A16, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Anna Meszaros , Department of Entomology, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA
Seth J. Johnson , Dept. of Entomology, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA
Lee J. Eisenberg , Dept. of Entomology, Louisiana State University AgCenter, Baton Rouge, LA
Michael J. Grodowitz , Waterways Experiment Station, US Army, Vicksburg, MS
Katherine A. Parys , Southern Insect Management Research Unit, USDA - ARS, Stoneville, MS
The common water hyacinth is an invasive aquatic weed causing major problems in Louisiana wetlands. Megamelus scuttelaris is a potential biological control agent of water hyacinth that is in the process of being released in Louisiana. This paper presents the first year of research from colony establishment to field releases.

doi: 10.1603/ICE.2016.58904

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