TY - JOUR
T1 - Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK
T2 - Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?
AU - Kurose, Daisuke
AU - Renals, Trevor
AU - Shaw, Richard
AU - Furuya, Naruto
AU - Takagi, Masami
AU - Evans, Harry
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a consortium of UK funders including, Defra, Environment Agency, Network Rail, South West Regional Development Agency, the Welsh Development Agency and British Waterways, administered by Cornwall County Council. Trevor Renals would like to thank the British Mycological Society for a contribution that covered part of his costs for his visit to Japan. The quarantine work is being carried out under Defra licence no. PHL 182/4869.
PY - 2006/11
Y1 - 2006/11
N2 - A new approach to the management of one of the UK's alien superweeds, Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), is currently being investigated. The classical biological control strategy is based on the premise that those neophytes which become invasive and problematic are depauperate in natural enemies, both coevolved and new encounter species. Surveys have confirmed the absence of any significant natural enemy pressure in the UK, and the presence of an extensive guild of specialist arthropod and fungal natural enemies in Japan. The results of these surveys and the follow-up studies in the UK with selected fungi are discussed.
AB - A new approach to the management of one of the UK's alien superweeds, Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), is currently being investigated. The classical biological control strategy is based on the premise that those neophytes which become invasive and problematic are depauperate in natural enemies, both coevolved and new encounter species. Surveys have confirmed the absence of any significant natural enemy pressure in the UK, and the presence of an extensive guild of specialist arthropod and fungal natural enemies in Japan. The results of these surveys and the follow-up studies in the UK with selected fungi are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.mycol.2006.07.021
DO - 10.1016/j.mycol.2006.07.021
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33846894353
SN - 1749-4613
VL - 20
SP - 126
EP - 129
JO - Fungal Biology Reviews
JF - Fungal Biology Reviews
IS - 4
ER -