Links

About Mikania micrantha

http://www.spc.int/pps/pest_of_the_month_-_october_2004.htm

SPC’s "Pest of the Month" archive highlighting mikania.

http://www.hear.org/pier/species/mikania_micrantha.htm

An information page on Mikania micrantha from Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER), a   website that offers listings and descriptions of plant species that threaten ecosystems of the Pacific Islands.

http://www.issg.org/database/species/ecology.asp?si=42&fr=1&sts

An information page on Mikania micrantha from the Global Invasive Species database

About Biological Control of weeds

http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/research_details.asp?Research_Content_ID=94

An excellent introduction to weed ecology and biocontrol from Landcare Research, New Zealand

http://www.ento.csiro.au/weeds/biocontrol/biocontrol_steps.html

CSIRO Australia website details the steps involved in a weed biocontrol program

Articles on Mikania and Biological Control

Mikania weed_invasion_Nepal

Mikania Biocontrol_CABI

Dovey et al. ARTICLE - Biological Control of Weeds

Biocontrol in PNG

Ranking of the 29 Top 10 Weeds of Agriculture in the Southern and Western Pacific

Biology and host range of the rust fungus Puccinia spegazzinii

Two decades of Weed Control in the Pacific