Biological control of invasive plants in the United States.SB612 2004-002695 0-87071-029-X Biological control of invasive invasive /in·va·sive/ (-siv) 1. having the quality of invasiveness. 2. involving puncture of the skin or insertion of an instrument or foreign material into the body; said of diagnostic techniques. plants in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Title main entry. Ed. by Janet Clark et al. Oregon State U. Press, [c]2004 467 p. $45.00 (pa) In this reference, experts review the discipline of biological control of invasive terrestrial and aquatic plants. The papers are divided into three sections: the theory and practice of biological control; target plants and the biological control agents; and new and ongoing biological control projects in the US. Specific topics include ecology ecology, study of the relationships of organisms to their physical environment and to one another. The study of an individual organism or a single species is termed autecology; the study of groups of organisms is called synecology. , safety testing, nontarget non·tar·get adj. Not being the target, as of an agent or weapon: effects of radiotherapy on nontarget cells. impacts, and invasive plants targeted for control in the future. The discussion of the classical biological control process includes a proposal for an International Code of Best Practices. |
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