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Agricultural Permits - Permits for weeds and biological control agents. From the APHIS. [Western Region] 
Biocontrol: Integrated strategies for sustainable control - Information on research in weed biocontrol using insects. From the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. [Western Region]
Biological Control - General summary about using insects to control weeds. From the Bureau of Land Management. [Western Region]
Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle - By Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services. Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle; photo of Peacock Fly, Chaetorellia australis with photos of useful insects for controling this weed and maps showing release locations for biocontrol efforts. From the California Department of Food and Agriculture. [California]
Biological Control Program - Who We Are - Description of the program of biological control of weeds in California. From the California Department of Food and Agriculture. [California]
Biological Control Program Facility Locations - Location and contact information for facilities in the state. From the California Department of Food and Agriculture. [California]
Biology and Biological Control of Knapweed - By Linda M. Wilson and Carol Bell Randall. Full-text of book used for Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team technology transfer workshopk USDA Forest Service FHTET-2001-07. 2nd Edition. With photos and illustrations. From the US Forest Service. [Western Region]
Biology and Biological Control of Yellow Starthistle - By Linda M. Wilson, Cynthia Jette, John Connett, and Joseph P. McCaffrey. Full-text of manual used for Forest Health Technology Enterprise Team technology transfer workshop, USDA Forest Service FHTET-1998-17 2nd Ed., July 2003. With photos and illustrations. From the US Forest Service. [Western Region]
Bugging Purple Loosestrife - Description of successful efforts to combat Lythrum salicaria with Galerucella beetles, includes photos. From the US Geological Survey. [Northwest Region]
Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore - Biological control agents for Bull Thistle Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Tenore. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. - Biological control agents for Canada Thistle Cirsium arvense (L.) Scop. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Canada Thistle Biological Control - Methods of biological control for this weed. From the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. [Western Region]
Controlling Leafy Spurge Using Goats and Sheep - By Kevin Sedivec, Thomas Hanson, and Cindie Heiser. This article outlines how sheep and goats can be effective tools to complement herbicides and decrease cost for control of leafy spurge. From the North Dakota State University Extension Service. [Western Region]
Dalmatian Toadflax Linaria dalmatica (L.) Miller - Biological control agents for Dalmatian Toadflax Linaria dalmatica (L.) Miller. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Diffuse Knapweed Centaurea diffusa Lam. - Biological control agents for Diffuse Knapweed Centaurea diffusa Lam. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Got Weeds? Breed Sheep! - ARS is experimenting with breeding sheep to prefer eating invasive plants. From the Agricultural Research Service (ARS)/ USDA. [Western Region]
Knapweed Biological Control - Methods of biological control of this weed. From the South Dakota Depeartment of Agriculture. [Western Region]
Leafy Spurge Euphorbia esula L. - Biological control agents for Leafy Spurge Euphorbia esula L. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Leafy Spurge Biological Control - Methods of biological control of this weed. From the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. [Western Region]
List of noxious weeds targeted for biological control in Oregon. - Table presenting weed name, biological agent, and agent type. From the Oregon Department of Agriculture. [Western Region]
Musk Thistle Biological Control - Methods of biological control of this weed. From the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. [Western Region]
Nodding Thistle Carduus nutans L. - Biological control agents for Nodding Thistle Carduus nutans L. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Proceedings of the X International Symposium on Biological Control of Weeds - July 4-14, 1999 - Access to full-text papers presented at the symposium of international weed biocontrol experts. From the The University of Georgia - Warnell School of Forest Resources and College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences - Dept. of Entomology. [Western Region]
Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria L. - Biological control agents for Purple Loosestrife Lythrum salicaria L. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Purple Loosestrife Biological Control - Methods of biological control of this weed. From the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. [Western Region]
Rangeland Weeds--OSU press book on Rangeland Weeds good for east side gardeners - By Extension and Experiment Station Communications. Short summary of the book "Biology and Management of Noxious Rangeland Weeds" published by Oregon State University (OSU)Press, and written by regional experts and edited by Roger L. Sheley and Janet K. Petroff. From the Oregon State University. [Western Region]
Rush Skeletonweed Chondrilla juncea L. - Biological control agents for Rush Skeletonweed Chondrilla juncea L. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Russian Knapweed Acroptilon repens L. - Biological control agents for Russian Knapweed Acroptilon repens L. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Sheep and Noxious Weed Control - Discussion of the use of sheep as a natural,low cost method of controlling weeds. Included are examples of strategies used in several western states and Canada. From the American Sheep Industry Association. [Western Region]
Spotted Knapweed Centaurea maculosa Lam - Biological control agents for Spotted Knapweed Centaurea maculosa Lam. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
St. John's Wort Hypericum perforatum L. - Biological control agents for St. John's Wort Hypericum perforatum L. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Sulphur Cinquefoil Potentilla recta L. - Biological control agents for Sulphur Cinquefoil Potentilla recta L. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Tansy Ragwort Senecio jacobaea L. - Biological control agents for Tansy Ragwort Senecio jacobaea L. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
Targeted Grazing: Individual Plant Prescriptions - Includes a plant description management, guidelines and references. From the Department of Rangeland Ecology & Management, University of Idaho. [Western Region]
Technical Advisory Group for Biological Control Agents of Weeds (TAG) - An independent voluntary committee formed to provide advice to researchers; TAG members now review petitions for biological control of weeds and provide an exchange of views, information and advice to researchers and those in APHIS responsible for issuing permits for importation, testing, and field release of biological control agents of weeds. From the APHIS. [Western Region]
Thousands of Beetles to be Released in Manitoba and Saskatchewan Against Purple Loosestrife - A cooperative environmental project will release 1000's of purple loosestrife eating beetles into Manitoba and Saskatchewan over two summers. From the Manitoba Purple Loosestrife Project. [Western Region]
Weed-feeders Table of Contents - By Cathy Weeden, Tony Shelton, Yaxin Li, Mike Hoffmann. Information about biological control agents for several major western weeds. Part of Biological Control: a Guide to Natural Enemies in North America. From the Cornell University and New York State Agricultural Experiment Station (NYSAES). [Western Region]
Wildlife Refuge and Wheat Field Sites of Weed Control Project - By Carol Flaherty. Description of weed control demonstration projects testing the effectiveness of current integrated and alternative weed management techniques under a variety of conditions. From the Montana State University Communications Services. [Montana]
Yellow starthistle - The yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis), native to the Mediterranean region, has become a large-scale noxious weed in North America, now dominating over 18 million acres (73,000 kmē) in the United States alone. Wikipedia includes photo, classification, and biological control methods. From the Wikipedia. [Western Region]
Yellow Toadflax Linaria vulgaris L. - Biological control agents for Yellow Toadflax Linaria vulgaris L. From the Province of British Columbia. [Western Region]
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