Version 1 North American Weed Classical
Biological Control Research and Development Program Directory and Contacts
From Carol Randall, U.S. Forest
Service
I would like to thank all of the
folks that have contributed to this document; it started with 14 target weeds
and currently has 50 target weeds with full directory entries and an
additional 11 target weeds for which classical weed biocontrol research and
development work may be ongoing; however, information requested was not fully
available (Appendix 4).
The classical weed biological
control programs included in this directory are the subjects of ongoing foreign
exploration or have new biological control agents under development or
progressing through the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) permitting process. This
document does not address all target weeds in North America with permitted
classical weed biocontrol agents. Information on existing USDA APHIS permitted
biological control agents may be found elsewhere.
Documents of this sort are not
possible without contributions from many people. Over the last year
I received input from scores of folks, thank you.
This document is intended to be a
living document; it will be updated as time and resources allow. It will be
posted on I-biocontrol.org.
Please send any updates or
correction to me at crandall@fs.fed.us.
