PPQ

 

Plant Protection Quarterly

 
Volume 15 Issue 2, 2000

 

Contents

 

Research reports

Population density and distribution of the biological control agent Carmenta mimosa on Mimosa pigra in the Adelaide and Finniss River catchments of the Northern Territory.

Nicole Ostermeyer.  Abstract

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Applications for molecular biology in weed management.

N.G. Paltridge.  Abstract

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Pheromone-trapping of Carpophilus spp. (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae): fauna, abundance and seasonality in some Australian horticultural regions.

David G. James, Richard J. Faulder, Beverley Vogele and Christopher J. Moore.  Abstract

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Impact of fire on rubber vine (Cryptostegia grandiflora R.Br.) and associated pasture and germinable seed bank in a sub-riparian habitat of north Queensland.

F.F. Bebawi, S.D. Campbell, A.M. Lindsay and A.G. Grice.  Abstract

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Biotechnology seminar

Biotechnology – what is it and what can it achieve?

Steve Sutherland.  Abstract

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Genetically modified organisms – the farmer’s side of the field.

Bob Watters.  Abstract

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The myths of gene transfer – a canola case study.

P.A. Salisbury.  Abstract

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Managing herbicide resistance in weeds from use of herbicide tolerant crops.

Christopher Preston and Mary A. Rieger.  Abstract

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Regulatory overview – challenges, changes, champions.

Naomi Stevens.  Abstract

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Requirements and regulations – a Victorian perspective.

Catherine Hollywell.  Abstract

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The media’s role in the GMO furore.

Graeme O’Neill.  (No abstract)

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Book reviews

Plant microbe interactions Volume 4. Eds G. Stacey and N. Keen

Flora of Victoria Volume 4. Eds N.G. Walsh and T.J. Entwisle

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