EPPO Global Database

Egeria densa(ELDDE)

Distribution details in South Africa

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2019: Present, no details
Comments
EPPO Reporting Service (2019/197) : widespread in waterways. Assessment of Hydrellia egeriae as biocontrol agent for Egeria densa.
References
* Smith R, Mangan R, Coetzee J (2019) Risk assessment to interpret the physiological host range of Hydrellia egeriae, a biocontrol agent for Egeria densa. BioControl 64, 447-456.

* Lafontaine, R.-M., Beudels-Jamar, R.C., Robert, H., Delsinne, T. (2013). Risk analysis of the Brazilian Waterweed Egeria densa Planch. - Risk analysis report of non-native organisms in Belgium from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences for the Federal Public Service Health, Food chain safety and Environment. 36 p.