How Scientists Obtain Approval to Release Organisms for Classical Biological Control of Invasive Plants

J. Scoles, J. P. Cuda, W. A. Overholt, and C. R. Minteer

Release Date: 2/21/2022

Reviewed At: 2/17/2022

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in607-2005

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Abstract

An invasive weed is a nonnative plant that exhibits rapid population growth following its arrival in a new environment where it did not evolve. The success of the weed in its new habitat is due in part to the absence of the natural enemies that normally limit its reproduction and spread in its native range. Classical biological control seeks to reunite an invasive weed with one or more of its co-evolved natural enemies to provide permanent control of the weed.

About this Publication

This document is ENY-828, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date May 2005. Revised May 2015 and February 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

J. C. Scoles, formerly writer/editor, Invasive Plant Research Laboratory, USDA/ARS; J. P. Cuda, professor, Entomology and Nematology Department; W. A. Overholt, professor emeritus, UF-IFAS/DPI-DOACS Biological Control Research and Containment Laboratory; and C. R. Minteer; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Scoles, J. C., Cuda, J. P., & Overholt, W. A. (2019). How Scientists Obtain Approval to Release Organisms for Classical Biological Control of Invasive Weeds. EDIS, 2005(10). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in607-2005

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William Overholt

professor emeritus of entomology, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Indian River Research and Education Center

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James Cuda

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C. Minteer

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