Biological Control of Arundo Donax; an Invasive Weed of the Rio Grande Basin
Biological control of Arundo donax; an invasive weed of the Rio Grande Basin John A. Goolsby, Ph.D. Research Entomologist United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, Plains Area Edinburg (Moore Airbase), Texas, USA Research Team • John Goolsby, Don Thomas,- USDA-ARS, • Maricela Martinez Jimenez – Edinburg, TX, Project coordination, host Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del range testing, biology of agents,, field Aguas, Cuernavaca, Mexico, Evaluation evaluation of agent, interaction with of biological control agents in Mexico cattle fever ticks • Alex Racelis, UT-RGV, Edinburg, TX, • Beto Perez de Leon, Felix Guerrero, Water use of Arundo USDA-ARS, Kerrville, TX, ant impacts, decomposition of dead biomass • Eduardo Galante, Maria Angeles Marcos, Elena Cortez Mendoza – • Patrick Moran, USDA-ARS, Albany, CA Univeresidad de Alicante, Spain, Biology evaluation of agents in CA. of the arundo scale in Spain • Alan Kirk, Marie Claude, Javid Kashefi - • Mike Grusak, USDA-ARS, Houston, TX USDA-ARS, EBCL, Montpellier, France, plant nutrient effects on agents Foreign exploration for biological control agents in Europe, ID of leafminer • Ron Lacewell, – Texas A&M Agrilife, endophytes College Station, Economic impact of Arundo donax in the Rio Grande Basin • Massimo Cristofaro, BBCA, Foreign exploration in Italy • Jim Manhart, Alan Pepper, Daniel Tarin - Texas A&M, College Station, • John Gaskin, USDA-ARS, Sidney, MT Molecular genetics of Arundo and Genetic characterization of biological biological control agents control agents • Chenghai Yang - USDA-ARS, College • Matt Ciomperlik, Aaron Carlson, USDA- Station, TX, Remote sensing APHIS, Edinburg, TX, Aerial release of agents, implementation program Research Funding • Dept. of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection • U.S.
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