Subject: Eichhornia crassipes - control and uses

From: [email-masked] (James Morley)
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 1995 15:26:43 GMT

I would be grateful for any information anyone can provide on the *current* status of research into the control, both mechanical/chemical and biological, of Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes. 

Does anyone know of the addresses of experts on the subject in Mexico?

Many thanks

James Morley

Centre for Economic Botany
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew 
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AE

[email-masked]
WWW - http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/ceb

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From: Jim Culter <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 1995 08:48:49 -0900

Dear James,

I do not have information on Mexico, but you should contact the 
South Florida Water Management District, 3301 Gun Club Road, P.O. 
Box V, West Palm Beach, Florida 33402.  The District has a very 
large data base on aquatic weed control, particularly hyacinths and 
hydrila.  They may have E-mail through the net, although I haven't
tried to contact them lately.

Good Luck.

Jim Culter                         [email-masked]
Mote Marine Laboratory             voice (813) 388-4441
1600 Thompson Parkway              fax   (813) 388-4312
Sarasota, FL  34236

MML is a private non-profit marine/estuarine research and
education laboratory.  All opinions herein are my own 
(not MML policy) unless noted as otherwise.
Invertebrates rule!  See the Mote Marine Laboratory Home Page.

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From: [email-masked] (Randy K. Zebell)
Date: 24 Aug 1995 19:49:45 GMT

> > I would be grateful for any information anyone can provide on the
*current* status of research into the control, both mechanical/chemical
and biological, of Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes. 
> > Does anyone know of the addresses of experts on the subject in Mexico?

I don't have any information on Eichhornia in Mexico but I do know of Dr.
Lars Anderson who currently is involved in a biological control experiment
of Eichhornia in California using weevils.  His address is:

Dr. Lars Anderson
U.S. Department of Agriculture/ARS
Botany Department
University of California - Davis
Davis, CA  95616
(916) 752-6260

Good luck,

Randy Zebell
San Francisco State University
Department of Biology
1600 Holloway Ave. 
San Francisco, CA 94132

Phone: 415.338.6270
Email: [email-masked]

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From: Kim Brown <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 1995 14:36:48 -0700

As an undergraduate (1988), I was a field assistant for the Weed Control
Technology Team, Corps of ENgineers Research Station in Vicksburg
Mississippi. Evidently the C of E has many problems with aquatic weed
management in the waterways they manage (man-made, shallow, warm water =
big loads of exotic weeds). 

Anyway, I helped in research efforts on Water Hyacinth, milfoil, and
Hydrilla verticillata. I would try to do a lit search w/ the US Corps of
Engineers. Good luck,

Kim Brown		  
College of Forest Resources
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
[email-masked]       

On Thu, 17 Aug 1995, James Morley wrote:

>and biological, of Water Hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes.  > > Does anyone
>know of the addresses of experts on the subject in Mexico? > > Many thanks