Economic impact of biological control of water hyacinth in Southern Benin

By H. Groote, O. Ajuonu, S. Attignon, R. Djessou, P. Neuenschwander. 2003

145 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. A. Sheppard
2. M. Hill
3. J. Coetzee
4. John R. U. Wilson
5. Jianqing Ding
6. H. Hinz
7. D. Richardson

In Insect Science

1. John R. U. Wilson
2. J. Coetzee
3. H. Hinz
4. M. Schwarzländer
5. R. Winston
6. M. Day
7. A. Sheppard
8. M. Julien

Citations in the corpus

• Biological control of weeds: an analysis of introductions, rates of establishment and estimates of success, worldwide (2018, background): “Numerous studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of CBC of weeds, both in terms of biocontrol agent impact on the target weed as well as economic returns from the reduction in weed populations (Clewley et al. 2012; De Groote et al. 2003; Page and Lacey 2006; van Wilgen et al. 2004).”
• The biological control of aquatic weeds in South Africa: Current status and future challenges (2017, background): “Further, De Groote et al. (2003) demonstrated that the successful biological control of water hyacinth in southern Benin significantly increased the yearly income of the population of this region through 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Eichhornia crassipes Pis a stra otes Salvinia molesta…”
• Review Article A global review of risk-benefit-cost analysis for the introduction of classical biological control agents against weeds: a crisis in the making? (2003, background): “…comprehensive ecological (Room & Thomas, 1986; Vogt et al., 1992; Hoffmann & Moran, 1999; Paynter & Hennecke, 2001; Sheppard et al., 2002; Swirepik & Smyth, 2002) or economic (Doeleman, 1989; Le Maitre et al., 2001; Nordblom et al., 2002; De Groote et al., 2003; McConnachie et al., 2003) treatment.”
• Biological control of invasive plants through collaboration between China and the United States of America: a perspective (2006, background): “A recent study by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture estimated that biological control of water hyacinth through introduction and mass rearing and releasing of two weevils, Neochetina eichhorniae Warner and N. bruchi Hustache, would yield a benefit–cost ratio of 124 : 1 in next 20 years”
• The decline of water hyacinth on Lake Victoria was due to biological control by Neochetina spp. (2007, background): “Given the rate at which the benefits from successful biological control programs scale with the size of the problem (DeGroote et al., 2003; McConnachie et al., 2003), the continuing economic value of the classical biological control intervention on Lake Victoria is considerable.”