Biological Japanese Knotweed Control - Discussion

THE MOST RECENT EDITION OF SUSTAIN MAGAZINE HAS FEATURED AN INSIGHTFUL DISCUSSION AS TO HOW THE INVASIVE WEED INDUSTRY IS RESPONDING TO A PROPOSED BIOLOGICAL METHOD OF JAPANESE KNOTWEED CONTROL - THIS DISCUSSION HAS SPLIT THE INDUSTRY AND H.I.S WOULD BE KEEN TO KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS, EMAIL: JAMES.TYERS@HERPETOSURE.COM UNTANGLING THE KNOT JAPANESE KNOTWEED, FIRST INTRODUCED INTO THE UK AS AN ORNAMENTAL PLANT, NOW PLAGUES THE ENVIRONMENT AND ITS REMOVAL CAN BE COSTLY AND TIME CONSUMING. HOWEVER, RECENT RESEARCH INTO BIOCONTROLS BY SCIENTISTS AT CABI HAVE SUGGESTED THAT A SAP-SUCKING PSYLLID INSECT (APHALARA ITADORI) COULD SUCCESSFULLY BRING JAPANESE KNOTWEED UNDER CONTROL. THE NEWS HAS RECEIVED A VERY MIXED RESPONSE FROM THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ERADICATION AND CONTROL OF THIS MOST PERNICIOUS WEED. SUSTAIN’ INVITED REPRESENTATIVES FROM THREE LEADING KNOTWEED SPECIALISTS TO DEBATE THE ISSUE: MAXIME JAY, MANAGING DIRECTOR, MUSKETEERS GROUP, CLIFFORD HARRIS, DIRECTOR, HERPETOSURE, AND NIC SEAL, DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONET CONSULTING.

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