Alien Weeds in Moist Tropical Zones : Banes and Benefits

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Keynote address. 1. Biological control of invasive weeds in India/S.P. Singh. I. Overview papers: 1. Alien weeds in moist forest zones of India: population characteristics, ecology and implications for impact and management/S.T. Murphy. 2. Biological invasion as a component of global change: the Indian context/P.S. Ramakrishnan. 3. Classical biological control: a tailor made strategy for the management of alien weeds/Harry C. Evans. II. Status reports: 1. Chromolaena in Karnataka: problems and prospects/M.B. Doddamani, U.V. Mummigatti, B.S. Nadagoudar and M.B. Chetti. 2. Distribution of selected exotic weeds in Nilgiri biosphere reserve/Maya Mahajan and P.A. Azeez. 3. Lantana camara in Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India/U.M. Chandrashekara. 4. Lantana infestation in Karnataka - an overview/M. Muni Reddy. 5. Status of Mikania infestation in the Western Ghats/K.V. Sankaran and M.A. Sreenivasan. 6. Status of Mikania infestation in Northeastern India: management options and future research thrust/A.K. Gogoi. III. Impacts of weeds: costs and benefits: 1. The economic impact of Mikania micrantha on the agroforestry production system in the Western Ghats of Kerala/P.K. Muraleedharan and V. Anitha. 2. Alien weed management in Bhoj Wetland, Bhopal/Madhu Verma and Nishita Bakshi. IV. Management of weeds: 1. Management of Lantana in India: trend, prospects and need of integrated approach/Sushilkumar. 2. Weed control in tea plantations: current scenario in Northeast India/A.C. Barbora. 3. The ecological impact of Chromolaena odorata in the Western Ghat forests of Karnataka and the management strategies to minimize the impact/M.H. Swaminath and M. Shivanna. 4. Bioherbicidal potential of fungal pathogens of water Hyacinth/A. Naseema and S. Balakrishnan. 5. Management of Mikania Micrantha in Kerala - potential of biological and chemical methods/M.A. Sreenivasan and K.V. Sankaran. 6. Classical biological control of Mikania Micrantha/Carol A. Ellison. 7. Influence of chemical and conventional methods of weed control on Chromolaeno Odorata/M.B. Doddamani, U.V. Mummigatti, B.S. Nadagoudar and M.B. Chetti. 8. Influence of plant extracts on physiological and biochemical parameters in Chromolaena Odorata/S.M. Hiremath, M. B. Chetti, H.Y. Patil, U.V. Mummigatti and V.H. Ashwathama. 9. Survey and screening of various pathogens for biological control of Chromolaena Odorata/M.B. Chetti, S.M. Hiremath, S.K. Prashanthi, U.V. Mummigatti and S. Kulkarni. 10. Integrated management: the only solution to suppress parthenium hysterophorus/Sushilkumar and V.N. Saraswat. Recommendations of the workshop. List of participants. Author index.