Completed Competitive Grant

Biocontrol of purple loosestrife by two host-specific European leaf feeding beetles in Iowa wetlands

Project ID: 1997-41

Abstract

Can the persistent purple loosestrife plant be kept in check by environmentally safe methods? This project tested the use of two kinds of Galerucella insects as biocontrol agents to combat the spread of purple loosestrife in Iowa wetlands.

Lead investigator: John Obrycki, ISU Entomology, et al

Year of grant completion: 2000

This competitive grant project was part of the Leopold Center's Initiative.

Topics: Biocontrol and Integrated Pest Management, Conservation practices, Weed control alternatives (not GMOs)

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