AAP General News (Australia)
01-18-2000
Qld; Insect may bring an end to the scourge of lantana
A small sap-sucking insect from Mexico may help eradicate lantana, rated one of Australia's
20 most unwanted weeds.
Lantana, native to tropical America but introduced by European settlers as a hedging
plant last century, has been responsible for an estimated $7.7 million a year in lost
production and eradication costs.
Queensland Department of Natural Resources entomologist MICHAEL DAY says lantana takes
over …
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