Baltic Garden - November 2012, VOL IV - VIPs Portal
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It displaces native plants, affecting wildlife negatively. It alters hydrological processes and causes<br />
erosion. Further it is undermining bridges, houses and dikes. Especially England are heavily afflicted, here<br />
the authorities in desperation have imported a Japanese Leaf flea – a natural enemy of Japanese<br />
knotweed in their native range, Japan.<br />
Biological control, activating aggressive Rust Fungus<br />
British and Japanese scientists believe they have isolated a particularly aggressive candidate to increase<br />
the efficiency of Rust fungus as a biological control agent against Japanese knotweed.<br />
For more information, check this link:<br />
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22749165<br />
Fungal Biol. <strong>2012</strong> Jul;116(7):78591. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.<strong>2012</strong>.04.011. Epub <strong>2012</strong> Apr 28<br />
"Endophytic fungi associated with Fallopia japonica (Polygonaceae) in Japan and their<br />
interactions with Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var. tovariae, a candidate for classical biological<br />
control."<br />
- by Kurose D, Furuya N, Tsuchiya K, Tsushima S, Evans HC.<br />
Natural Resources Inventory Center, National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, 3-1-3<br />
Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8604.
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