Effects and Management of Parthenium hysterophorus: A Weed of Global Significance

Table 2

Successful examples of control of weeds through classical biocontrol agents.

Weed	Bioagent	Kind of bioagent	Reporting country
Chondrilla juncea	Puccina chondrillina	Rust	Australia
Cyperus rotundus	Bactra verutana	Shoot boring moth	India, Pakistan, USA
Eupatorium riparium	Entyloma compositarum	Plant pathogen	USA
Hydrilla verticillata	Hydrellia pakistanae	Shoot fly	USA
Orobanche cernua	Sclerotinia sp.	Plant pathogen	USA
Parthenium hysterophorus	Puccinia abrupta var. partheniicola	Rust	Mexico
Parthenium hysterophorus	Zygogramma  Bicolorata; Epiblema strenuana; Conotrachels sp.	Leaf eating bettle,; Stem galling insect,; Stem galling insect	Mexico; Australia; Australia
Rumex spp.	Uromyces rumicis; Gastrophysa viridula	Plant pathogen; Beetle	USA; USA
Tribulus terrestris	Microlarinus lareynii and M. lypriformis	Pod weevil	USA