Balciunas, Joe. 2002. Strategies for expanding and improving overseas research for biological control and weeds. pp. 1-7 in Smith, Clifford W., Julie Denslow, and Stephen Hight (eds). 2002. Proceedings of workshop on biological control of native ecosystems in Hawaii. Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit (University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany) Technical Report 129. 122 pages. from http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/techr/129.pdf accessed 16 March 2008.
The following recommendations are made to improve overseas research on biological control agents. Conduct more long-term overseas evaluations. Place much greater emphasis on field host range studies. Carry out more research on impact and efficacy of potential agents. Perform more ecological research overseas on target weed. Adhere to international standards for biological control studies. Document all findings including failures.
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