It's a numbers game: inundative biological control of water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes), using Megamelus scutellaris (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) yields success at a high elevation, hypertrophic reservoir in South Africa.

Megamelus scutellaris (Berg) (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) biology and population dynamics in the highly variable landscape of southern Florida

(2021) A.B.C. Goode et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONTROL

Post-release monitoring in classical biological control of weeds: assessing impact and testing pre-release hypotheses

(2020) Urs Schaffner et al.   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Mind the gap: the delayed recovery of a population of the biological control agent Megamelus scutellaris Berg. (Hemiptera: Delphacidae) on water hyacinth after winter

(2020) Benjamin E. Miller et al.   BULLETIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL RESEARCH

Chlorophyll fluorometry as a method of determining the effectiveness of a biological control agent in post-release evaluations

(2019) Benjamin E. Miller et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bioremediation of South Africa’s hypertrophic Hartbeespoort Dam: evaluating its effects by comparative analysis of a decade of MERIS satellite data in six control reservoirs

(2018) R. C. Hart et al.   Inland Waters

Present and future Köppen-Geiger climate classification maps at 1-km resolution

(2018) Hylke E. Beck et al.   Scientific Data

First establishment of the planthopper,Megamelus scutellarisBerg, 1883 (Hemiptera: Delphacidae), released for biological control of water hyacinth in California

(2016) Patrick J. Moran et al.   PAN-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGIST

Effect of water trophic level on the impact of the water hyacinth mothNiphograpta albiguttalisonEichhornia crassipes

(2014) K Canavan et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF AQUATIC SCIENCE

The effect of herbivory by the mite Orthogalumna terebrantis on the growth and photosynthetic performance of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)

(2012) Danica Marlin et al.   AQUATIC BOTANY

Toxic effect of herbicides used for water hyacinth control on two insects released for its biological control in South Africa

(2012) Martin P. Hill et al.   BIOCONTROL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

A Review of the Biological Control Programmes onEichhornia crassipes(C.Mart.) Solms (Pontederiaceae),Salvinia molestaD.S.Mitch. (Salviniaceae),Pistia stratiotesL. (Araceae),Myriophyllum aquaticum(Vell.) Verdc. (Haloragaceae) andAzolla filiculoidesLam. (Azollaceae) in South Africa

(2011) J.A. Coetzee et al.   AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY

The role of eutrophication in the biological control of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, in South Africa

(2011) Julie A. Coetzee et al.   BIOCONTROL