Centre For Biological Control
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A 50-year seed bank and tiny hoppers: Hartbeespoort’s water hyacinth battle
Tiny biocontrol insects, released by the Centre for Biological Control, are preventing flowering and suppressing growth — a long-term solution to South Africa’s most problematic…
Tiny bugs winning the fight against invasive water hyacinth in Hartbeespoort Dam
Without biocontrol, Hartbeespoort Dam could be 70% covered in superweed
Powerful insect army reduces water hyacinth on Hartbeespoort Dam to 2.5%
The tiny planthoppers are biological control agents and natural enemies of the world’s worst aquatic weed
Tiny bugs reduce water hyacinth on Hartbeespoort Dam to 5%
Biological control is effective but the real solution would be to fix wastewater treatment plants in Joburg and Pretoria and stop sewage spills
Invasive water hyacinth explodes on Hartbeespoort Dam
Heavy rain and pollution has led to the aquatic weed increasing its coverage to about 50% of the dam
Insect army winning war against invasive superweed in South Africa’s waterways
Tiny bugs – water hyacinth planthoppers – have reduced the coverage of an invasive superweed to below 5%
Insect army winning fight against invasive water hyacinth
The coverage of the invasive superweed has been reduced to 12.5% from 40% in February
Insect army tackles Hartbeespoort Dam’s water hyacinths
About 300 000 planthoppers have been released on Hartbeespoort Dam to control the green horror