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Kurose, D., Renals, T., Shaw, R., Furuya, N., Takagi, M. & Evans, H., 2006

Fallopia japonica, an increasingly intractable weed problem in the UK: Can fungi help cut through this Gordian knot?

Reviews the ecology and genetic diversity of Japanese Knotweed in the UK and in its native Japan. Considers several exotic fungi as candidates for biological control.

Journal Mycologist
Volume Vol 20, Part 4
Page range 126-129
Illustrations Colour photographs.

Malcolm Storey

Taxonomic Scope

Mycosphaerella Johanson, 1884 (a genus of ascomycetes) Background Reading Current
Puccinia phragmitis (Schumach.) Körn., 1876 (a rust fungus) Background Reading Current
Puccinia polygoni-amphibii var. tovariae Hiratsuka & Kanedo, 1973 Background Reading Current
Fallopia convolvulus (L.) A.Love (Black-bindweed) Background Reading Current

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