Following public consultation, the Government have now confirmed the release of Aphalara itadori, a bio-control agent to combat Japanese knotweed. For more information please click on the links below:
BBC News: Hailing the arrival of alien predators
9th March 2010
BBC News: Insect that fights Japanese knotweed to be released
9th March 2010
Cornwall Knotweed Forum 's response to Defra's Consultation
14th October 2009
Release of Psyllid Aphids - OK I admit…I was Wrong…Sorry.. - Mike Clough
14th September 2009
Release of the non-native bio-control agent for control of Japanese Knotweed - Aphalara itadori - the Psyllid jumping louse - Mike Clough
19th August 2009
Press Articles:
Daily Mail, 11th March 2010
Face it suckers, the knotweed is only the start
Daily Telegraph, 9th March 2010
Japanese knotweed, your time is up. Meet Psyllid.
Daily Telegraph, 10th March 2010
Curse of the Alien Species
Bury Times, 12th March 2010
Concern over move to release weed predator - Mike Clough features
The Observer, 19 July 2009
Japanese bugs may be the answer to knotweed
Guardian, 23 July 2009
A Knotty Problem: Could a tiny insect help rid us of knotweed?
Precise, 23 July 2009
Defra launches consultation
PA Business, 23 July 2009
Foreign lice could help control invasive weed
Daily Mail, 24 July 2009
Japanese bug that could cut knotweed down to size
Guardian, 24 July 2009
Bug brings hope for fight against Japanese knotweed
Sunday Mercury, 26 July 2009
The weedy plan bugs me
The Sunday Times, 26 July 2009
And now we know.....
Daily Post, 6 August 2009
Insect to control non-native knotweed
Birmingham Post, 7 August 2009
Bug quandary over Japanese knotweed
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