What is it about?
Have there been a lot of non-target impacts from weed biological control introductions ? No. There are basically four cases, of which two were self introduced (of 512).
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Why is it important?
The overstatement of biosafety risks impedes the proposition of biological control, which can provide sustainable suppression.
Perspectives
This work was performed while I was on an OECD Fellowship in Montpellier. R Sforza was in the next office at the USDA ARS lab, led by my host Dr Kim Hoelmer.
Professor David Maxwell Suckling
University of Auckland
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This page is a summary of: What Magnitude Are Observed Non-Target Impacts from Weed Biocontrol?, PLoS ONE, January 2014, PLOS,
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0084847.
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