Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Predicting The Perfect Predator To Control Invasive Species

Predicting The Perfect Predator To Control Invasive Species
is an article which appeared on The Science Daily website. I wrote to Dr. Adam Davis, Ecologist,
USDA-ARS Invasive Weed Management Unit to ask if he would like to comment on the outline.

Dr. Davis graciously replied with these comments:
  • Longevity of the viable seeds in the ground is ten years rather than five.
  • Seedlings in Central Illinois germinate in the spring before anything else
  • I question the sustainability of large-scale pulling operations.The soil disturbance created by all the pulling may do more damage than the garlic mustard itself
  • There is a control agent in quarantine that has been shown to be completely specific to garlic mustard. It is not able to complete its life cycle on any other species

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