Talk:Giant salvinia

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"There have been many notable successes in biological weed control not least the example of the weevil Cyrtobagous salviniae against Salvinia weed in Sri Lanka. The plant was introduced into the country during the second world war to prevent the enemy aircraft from identifying waterways and it did the job so well that almost all waterbodies in the country were affected. The weevil was released in 1986 and within 4 years it had destroyed around 80% of weed infestations. Since its discovery Cyrtobagous has been a successful control agent against this weed in more than 10 tropical countries around the world and is still working today." source :http://www.cabi-bioscience.org/html/japanese_knotweed_alliance.htm 89.62.161.53 17:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)