Proceedings of the Training Workshop on Management of Aquatic Weed Water Hyacinth 'Eichhornia crassipes'

Shabana, Y.; Fayad, Y. ;  Al-Dobai, S. (ed.) ;  Elkahky, M. (ed.)

Proceedings of the Training Workshop on Management of Aquatic Weed Water Hyacinth 'Eichhornia crassipes'

Autores

Shabana, Y.; Fayad, Y. ; Al-Dobai, S. (ed.) ; Elkahky, M. (ed.)

Editor

FAO ;

Descripción

In view of the problems encountered in water hyacinth (WH) management, the attention has recently focused on biological control. Biological control could provide a lasting, cost-effective, environmentally safe solution, and is theoretically the best method for solving the WH problem (Shabana et al., 2001b). Recent conferences and panels have stressed the weed for greater and renewed emphasis on biologically based alternatives (Delfosse and Spencer 1997; Charudattan et al., 1996). The objective of this manual is to put into practice themes of isolation, identification, pathogenicity testing, host range testing, culturing and mass production, spore production, phytotoxin production, and formulation and application of A. eichhorniae as the most promising mycoherbicidal agent for WH in Africa.