First Ever Use In Europe Of An Insect To Fight Invasive Plant Species
Wednesday, August 19, 2009 - 07:28
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Researchers have paved the way for the first ever use in Europe of an insect (biocontrol) to combat an invasive plant species in Britain. Biologists have established that the Japanese Knotweed in Britain was one the biggest females in the world -- a clone of cuttings brought into Britain in the 1850s. Costs of controlling it in Britain have been put at £1.5 billion.