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For details of
biological control efforts and biologies of host plant and natural enemies,
please see the following (Taylor 1928, Cook 1929, Simmonds 1931, 1930, 1932,
1933a,b; 1937; Fyfe 1936, Lever 1938, 1940, 1943, 1946; Hosaka & Thistle
1954, Krauss 1954, Weber 1954, Pemberton 1957, Davis 1966). REFERENCES: [Additional references may be found at: MELVYL
Library ] Cook, W. 1929. Some feeding experiments undertaken in
Trinidad with Liothrips urichi (Karny). Fiji Dept. Agric., Agric. J. 2: 85-92. Davis, C. J. 1966. Progress report: biological control status of noxious weed pests in
Hawaii--1965-1966. Hawaii Dept.
Agric. Rept. 4 p. Fyfe, R. V. 1936. The biological control of Clidemia hirta in Fiji.
Austral. Inst. Agric. Sci. J. 2:
8-9. Goeden, R. D. 1978. Part II:
Biological control of weeds, p. 357-545. In: C. P. Clausen (ed.), Introduced Parasites
and Predators of Arthropod Pests and Weeds.
U. S. Dept. Agric. Handb. No. 480. Goeden, R. D. & L. A. Andrés. 1999. Biological control
of weeds in terrestrial and aquatic environments. In: Bellows, T. S. & T. W. Fisher
(eds.). 1999. Handbook of Biological Control:
Principles and Applications.
Academic Press, San Diego, New York.
1046 p. Hosaka, E. Y. & A. Thistle.
1954. Noxious plants of the
Hawaiian ranges. Hawaii Univ. Ext.
Bull. 62: 1-39. Julien, M. H. (ed.).
1982. Biological control of
weeds: a world catalogue of agents
and their target weeds, 1st ed.
Commonw. Agric. Bur., Slough, U.K.
108 p. Krauss, N. L. H. 1954. Miscellaneous notes. Hawaii. Ent. Soc. Proc. 15, 1952: 264. Lever, R. J. A. W.
1938. Export of thrips to the
Solomon Islands for controlling Clidemia. Fiji Dept. Agric. Agric. J. 9: 18. Lever, R. J. A. W.
1940. Division of Entomology
annual report for 1939. Fiji Dept.
Agric. 3 p. Lever, R. J. A. W.
1941. Entomological
notes. Fiji Dept. Agric. Agric J.
12: 45-50. Lever, R. J. A. W.
1943a. Division of
Entomology. Annual report for
1942. Fiji Dept. Agric Agric. J.
14: 83-5. Lever, R. J. A. W.
1943b. Entomological services
in Fiji. Fiji Dept. Agric. Agric. J.
14: 92-7. Lever, R. J. A. W.
1946. Annual report of the
entomologist for 1945. Fiji Dept.
Agric. Agric. J. 17: 42-3. Pemberton, C. E.
1957. Progress in the
biological control of undesirable plants in Hawaii. 9th Pacific Sci. Cong. Proc. 9: 124-26. Rao, V. P., M. A. Ghani, T. Sankaran & K. C. Mathur. 1971.
A review of the biological control of insects and other pests in
south-east Asia and the Pacific Region.
Commonw. Inst. Biol. Contr. Tech. Commun. No. 6: 1-149. Simmonds, H. W.
1930. Mission to
Trinidad--Introduction of Liothrips
urichi. Fiji Dept. Agric., Agric. J. 3: 55-67. Simmonds, H. W. 1931. Noxious weeds and their control in
Fiji. II. Biological control.
Fiji Dept. Agric., Agric. J. 4:
29-31. Simmonds, H. W.
1932. Biologidcal
control--Progress report. Fiji Dept.
Agric., Agric. J. 5: 21-2. Simmonds, H. W.
1933a. An investigation of the
banana-scab moth, Nacoleia octasema Meyr., and its
parasites, in Java and the introduction of one of its parasites into
Fiji. Breeding work in Fiji. Fiji Dept. Agric., Agric. J. 6: 13-14. Simmonds, H. W.
1933b. Biological control of Clidemia hirta. Fiji Dept.
Agric., Agric. J. 6: 32-3. Simmonds, H. W.
1933c. The biological control
of the weed Clidemia hirta D. Don, in Fiji. Bull. Ent. Res. 34: 345-48. Simmonds, H. W.
1937. The biological control
of the weed Clidemia hirta, commonly known in Fiji
as "The Curse." Fiji Dept.
Agric., Agric. J. 8: 37-9. Simmonds, H. W.
1937. The biological control
of the weed, Clidemia hirta, commonly known in Fiji
as "the curse." Agric. J.
Dept. Agric., Fiji 8: 37-9. Taylor, T. H. C. 1928. Investigations in Trinidad on a parasite
for "Clidemia hirta." Fiji Dept. Agric., AGric. J. 1: 2-8. Weber, P. W. 1954. Recent liberations of beneficial insects
in Hawaii. Ent. Soc. Proc. 15: 369-70. |