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Taxonomy and control of Salvinia molesta

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Outside of its native South America, salvinia is one of the world's worst aquatic weeds. Conventional control is prohibitively expensive, but now biological control using a beetle has become a reality.

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  1. Project coordinators of the PNG/UNDP/FAO Salvinia Control Project, PO Box 495, Wewak, Papua New Guinea

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  2. CSIRO Division of Entomology, Private Bag No. 3, Indooroopilly, Queensland, 4068, Australia

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