<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">All,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Here are a few invasive plant biocontrol researchers that I am aware of:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Bernd Blossey, Cornell</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Richard Cassagrande and Lisa Tewsbury, University of Rhode Island</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Roy Van Driesche, University of Massachusetts</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Please note: Roy Van Driesche is the co-author of a published biocontrol review several years ago that listed the status of research at the time. I've copied him in case he can point you in the right direction.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Best,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">Cynthia Boettner</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 14, 2019 at 3:13 PM Rohrbaugh, Andrew <<a href="mailto:anrohrbaug@pa.gov">anrohrbaug@pa.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">University of Delaware has obviously done a lot of work in the past, so that would be a good choice. I guess we would be looking for universities that have 1) professors that would be interested, and 2) secure facilities for studies. Number
1 is the most important, but I’m not tied into many institutions to figure out if who is out there for us to help encourage to search for candidate species…<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(23,54,93)">Andrew Rohrbaugh</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,52,104)"> | Botanist<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,52,104)">Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources<br>
Bureau of Forestry | Ecological Services Section<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,52,104)">PO Box 8552, 400 Market St, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8552<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,172,45)">Phone:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,52,104)"> 717.705.2823 |
</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(102,172,45)">Fax:</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,52,104)"> 717.772.0271<br>
<a href="mailto:anrohrbaug@pa.gov" target="_blank">anrohrbaug@pa.gov</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(18,59,121)">www.dcnr.state.pa.us</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,52,104)"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MAIPC [mailto:<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</a>] <b>
On Behalf Of </b>Marc Imlay<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 10, 2019 12:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU" target="_blank">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</a>; <a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank">maipc@lists.maipc.org</a>; <a href="mailto:rodswalker@gmail.com" target="_blank">rodswalker@gmail.com</a>; 'Reardon, Richard C -FS' <<a href="mailto:rreardon@fs.fed.us" target="_blank">rreardon@fs.fed.us</a>>; <a href="mailto:apwg@lists.plantconservation.org" target="_blank">apwg@lists.plantconservation.org</a>; <a href="mailto:donnamfoster@fs.fed.us" target="_blank">donnamfoster@fs.fed.us</a>; 'Michelle Wyman, NCSE' <<a href="mailto:michelle@ncseglobal.org" target="_blank">michelle@ncseglobal.org</a>>; 'chuck woolery' <<a href="mailto:chuck@igc.org" target="_blank">chuck@igc.org</a>>;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Dear biocontrol colleagues,<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">With the Federal shut downs, which universities should we encourage to do the research on biological controls? Reminder that if the first stage is successful to determine
good potential candidate insects or pathogens, the next stage to prove host specificity is more likely to be funded.
<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Marc Imlay, PhD Conservation biologist, Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control
coordinator. <br>
(301) 442-5657 cell </span></b><a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(5,99,193)">ialm@erols.com</span></b></a><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue"><br>
Natural and Historical Resources Division<br>
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(39,39,39);background:rgb(241,241,228)">European Water Chestnut</span></strong><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(39,39,39)"><br>
<span style="background:rgb(241,241,228)">European water chestnut (<em>Trapa natans</em>) is an invasive aquatic plant native to Europe and Asia. It was first observed in the United States in Massachusetts in the late 1800s. Its current distribution is the mid-Atlantic
and northeastern U.S., with the most serious problems being reported for the Connecticut River valley, Lake Champlain region, Hudson River, Potomac River and the upper Delaware River (Swearingen et al. 2010). This species can form dense floating mats, and
its sharp fruits can cause painful wounds, making control efforts a challenge. The most promising species for biological control is <em>Galerucella birmanica</em>, a leaf beetle (Ding et al. 2006, 2007), and in May, 2018, a petition has been submitted to TAG.<u></u><u></u></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A Biological Control Effort Begins...<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">During a 1996 visit to South Africa, ARS entomologist Joe<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Balciunas examined all the specimens of this vine at the major herbaria<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">there. He found that it was surprisingly uncommon in its native land.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Over the next two years, a coalition of funding agencies, led by the<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">California Native Plant Society, and Exotic Pest Plant Council,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">assembled the funds necessary to initiate a biological control project<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">against Cape ivy. During 1998 and 1999, scientists at South Africa’s<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Plant Protection Research Institute (PPRI), under Dr. Balciunas’s<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">guidance, surveyed throughout South Africa, and identified hundreds of<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">insects associated with this vine. A half-dozen of these showed promise<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">as potential biological control agents.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Since 2001, we have been evaluating the safety and biology of two<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">of these insects:
<i>Parafreutreta regalis </i>- a gall making fly, and<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Digitivalva delaireae
</span></i><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">- a stem boring moth, at the ARS quarantine<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">laboratory in Albany, California. Thus far, both look promising in<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">controlling Cape ivy and appear to pose no risk to native plants. We<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">hope to complete testing both these insects by the latter part of 2004,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">and then seek approval for their release in California.
</span><b><span style="font-size:16pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ars.usda.gov%2FARSUserFiles%2F20300535%2FPosters%2FCape_ivy_poster.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Canrohrbaug%40pa.gov%7Cbb91baed6d4b4a4a348208d68f14c645%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C1%7C1%7C636853716742705869&sdata=IeNamxg%2FMpksXEqC6gln85oUSZrgIJAbbQhemKNF%2B2A%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.ars.usda.gov/ARSUserFiles/20300535/Posters/Cape_ivy_poster.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="gmail-m_901891209688783832Default"><b><span style="font-size:24pt">Biological Control of Mimosa
</span></b><span style="font-size:24pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="gmail-m_901891209688783832Default"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Darwin: </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt">8999 2380
<b>Katherine: </b>8999 2380 <b>Tennant Creek: </b>8962 4314 <b>Email: </b><a href="mailto:weedinfo@nt.gov.au" target="_blank">weedinfo@nt.gov.au</a> Web :
<a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nt.gov.au%2Fweeds&data=02%7C01%7Canrohrbaug%40pa.gov%7Cbb91baed6d4b4a4a348208d68f14c645%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C1%7C1%7C636853716742715873&sdata=CHAVi3j4TehvaykaCo6kmMXhACj9nHK9590kO7N7r1I%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
www.nt.gov.au/weeds</a> </span><b><span style="font-size:14pt"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdenr.nt.gov.au%2F__data%2Fassets%2Fpdf_file%2F0011%2F258068%2FFact-Sheet-5.-Malacorhinus-2018.pdf&data=02%7C01%7Canrohrbaug%40pa.gov%7Cbb91baed6d4b4a4a348208d68f14c645%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C1%7C1%7C636853716742725882&sdata=41MLOvSdlrK0TZvBIMG%2BLE%2BcE25v%2FdqHH0Dj7xUqk3c%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://denr.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/258068/Fact-Sheet-5.-Malacorhinus-2018.pdf</a><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="gmail-m_901891209688783832Default"><b><i><span style="font-size:14pt">Malacorhinus irregularis </span>
</i></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt">is the scientific name of the beetle commonly called malacorhinus. It is native to Mexico and was introduced into the Northern Territory in 2000 after a year of testing in quarantine. Adults are shiny, red beetles,
about 7mm long, with black marks on their wings. They can be hard to find, except when mimosa is inundated by flood water and beetles are forced onto the leaves. Adult malacorhinus beetles feed on the young leaves of mimosa seedlings. Larvae also feed on the
seeds, nodules, roots and the leaves of mimosa seedlings, decreasing its ability to grow and reproduce. Malacorhinus has become well established across the Top End and is successfully contributing to mimosa control long term. It is sometimes present in large
numbers and can cause significant damage to mimosa infestations.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:18pt;color:rgb(112,173,71)">garlic mustard weevil biocontrol released in Ontario<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Good news to share with my environmental activist friends at this difficult time. Our annual work for cut, pull, and spray should be reduced by 10% in about 5 years. Action
alerts from environmental NGOs such as the Sierra Club continue to help a lot. Minnesota persevered on the research for many years and once again Canada is our ally. With biocontrols being released next year for Japanese Knotweed, and success with Swallowwort,
it is time for presentations that update biocontrol work. <u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Marc<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:16pt"><b>From:</b> Judith Hough-Goldstein <<a href="mailto:jhough@udel.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">jhough@udel.edu</span></a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 25, 2019 11:04 AM<b><span style="font-size:16pt"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt">Great news!<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt">According to the project website "the USDA-APHIS Technical Advisory Group (TAG) recommended field release in February 2017. The weevil now has to pass further US environmental regulations (section 7 consultation
with US Fish and Wildlife Service, tribal and public consultations etc.) before being permitted for release."<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16pt">So unless there's an update, it can't be released in the US yet. Like the swallowwort biocontrol agent, it will be a race between the insect moving on its own from Canada and the decision-making process
in the US...<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 9:22 AM Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">ialm@erols.com</span></a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Hi Tom, </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">It depends on how fast the weevil moves to new garlic mustard sites. And where else it is released in Canada. For example,
the weevils for mile-a-minute move as much as a mile a year. </span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Marc Imlay, PhD
</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:blue">Conservation biologist, Park Ranger Office, Non-native Invasive Plant Control coordinator.
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(301) 442-5657 cell <a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">ialm@erols.com</span></a><br>
Natural and Historical Resources Division<br>
The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tom Zaleski <<a href="mailto:TZaleski@Newark.de.us" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">TZaleski@Newark.de.us</span></a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 25, 2019 7:52 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Marc Imlay <<a href="mailto:ialm@erols.com" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">ialm@erols.com</span></a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [MAIPC] garlic mustard weevil biocontrol released in Ontario<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt">Will the study involve releasing the weevil anywhere else in the US? I am in northern Delaware and I have Garlic Mustard in our woodlands as well.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MAIPC <<a href="mailto:maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">maipc-bounces@lists.maipc.org</span></a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Marc Imlay<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 24, 2019 9:49 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">INVASIVES@LISTSERV.UMD.EDU</span></a>;
<a href="mailto:maipc@lists.maipc.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">maipc@lists.maipc.org</span></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [MAIPC] garlic mustard weevil biocontrol released in Ontario<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:14pt"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblog.cabi.org%2F2018%2F12%2F18%2Fgiving-garlic-mustard-the-biocontrol-treatment%2F&data=02%7C01%7Canrohrbaug%40pa.gov%7Cbb91baed6d4b4a4a348208d68f14c645%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C1%7C1%7C636853716742725882&sdata=sBJvLiRB0LmbQcRhDx5M3mX7z4ZLUDzHq%2BaPdQGwG9M%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">https://blog.cabi.org/2018/12/18/giving-garlic-mustard-the-biocontrol-treatment/</span></a></span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,58,66)">In August and October 2018, Dr. Rob Bourchier, from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) released
the <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cabi.org%2Fprojects%2Fproject%2F62322&data=02%7C01%7Canrohrbaug%40pa.gov%7Cbb91baed6d4b4a4a348208d68f14c645%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C1%7C1%7C636853716742735898&sdata=3uCKwzryQ4DKIyxyaW4IQMvV2kWHRxs6shsu6EBFzCs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(66,111,134);border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">first
biocontrol agent against garlic mustard in North America</span></a> – the root mining weevil <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">Ceutorhynchus scrobicollis. </span></i>Weevil larvae in lab-inoculated plants and adults were released at
a garlic mustard site in Ontario, Canada.</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,58,66)">A population model predicted that of all agents investigated, <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">C. scrobicollis </span></i>will have the most significant
impact on garlic mustard. If the weevils survive the winter and establish themselves in the wild, they are expected to reduce the density of the weed at existing sites and slow its spread to new sites. The project will continue to closely monitor the weevil’s
progress and assess whether they live up to the model’s prediction. </span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(51,58,66);background:white">In 2019, the weevil rearing program at the University of Minnesota, European field
collections by CABI and field expertise from AAFC will be combined to expand the number of weevil release sites in Ontario. These release experiments will focus on defining the conditions that favour <i><span style="border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0in">C.
scrobicollis</span></i> survival and population growth.</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;background:white"><u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
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2 days from Sierra Club members in Maryland requesting our legislators fund the research on biological controls of invasive species. Senator Mikulski responded with a message that she added funding in Federal legislation for this purpose.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:20pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">As a result</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:red">
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:red">the need to control Japanese Knotweed by cut, pull, and spray has been replaced by a successful biological control insect now being reared in three places in the United States
for release next year. So please ask congress and universities to support research for host specific, effective, biological controls for other non-native invasive species such as Fig Buttercup and Wavyleaf Basket grass. Take a look at <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmdinvasives.org%2Fiotm%2Fjan-2014%2F&data=02%7C01%7Canrohrbaug%40pa.gov%7Cbb91baed6d4b4a4a348208d68f14c645%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C1%7C1%7C636853716742735898&sdata=Aof0T7ApAbuqwwKbKCLZ29qxog6ck85EC0IENlX%2F6Aw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:red">http://mdinvasives.org/iotm/jan-2014/</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Biocontrols for Invasive Plants– <i>Various spp.</i>| <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmdinvasives.org%2Fiotm%2Fjan-2014%2F&data=02%7C01%7Canrohrbaug%40pa.gov%7Cbb91baed6d4b4a4a348208d68f14c645%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C1%7C1%7C636853716742745903&sdata=XiYlaPbziA%2BcXhSXRuVyuzYQw2%2BmXTjtHhoRspggsGw%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
<span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(68,68,68)">January 01, 2014</span></a>| <a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmdinvasives.org%2Fauthor%2Fmdinvasives%2F&data=02%7C01%7Canrohrbaug%40pa.gov%7Cbb91baed6d4b4a4a348208d68f14c645%7C418e284101284dd59b6c47fc5a9a1bde%7C1%7C1%7C636853716742755907&sdata=f7lHqZMZzZVK26MoBritsneplKZNZYSAsRV4GNNfBxc%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10pt;color:rgb(68,68,68)">Maryland
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:rgb(241,241,228)"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:rgb(39,39,39)">Contact: Marc Imlay, Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) | Chair, Bio-Control Working Group
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