Survey for potential biological control agents for Myrica faya in the Azores and Madeira

• Main Authors: Gardner, Donald E., Markin, George P., Hodges, Charles S Jr.
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Cooperative National Park Resources Studies Unit, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Botany 1988
• Subjects: Myrica faya; Invasive plants > Biological control > Hawaii; Biological pest control agents; Morella faya > Biological control > Hawaii; Weeds > Biological control > Hawaii; Gardner; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10125/3309

Reports were scanned in black and white at a resolution of 600 dots per inch and were converted to text using Adobe Paper Capture Plug-in. Myrica faya (firetree), an aggressive alien shrub or tree infesting Hawaiian forests, is native to the Azores, Madeira, and the Canary Islands. In 1984 Donald Ga...