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Infestation by Aquatic Weeds of the Fern Genus Salvinia: Its Status and Control

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

S.A. Abbasi  and
P.C. Nipaney
S.A. Abbasi
Affiliation:
Head-in-charge, Water Quality & Environment Division, Centre for Water Resources Development & Management, Kunnamangalam P.O., Kozhikode 673 571, Kerala, India (Concurrently: Visiting Professor, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California 94928, USA)
P.C. Nipaney
Affiliation:
Research Associate, Water Quality & Environment Division, Centre for Water Resources Development & Management, Kunnamangalam P.O., Kozhikode 673 571, Kerala, India.
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The paper starts with a report on the growing predominance of aquatic weeds of the genus Salvinia in the waterbodies of the world. The various ways in which Salvinia molesta, particularly, causes pollution and depletion water resources are then reviewed, as are the attempts made so far to control and eradicate Salvinia through chemical, biological, and mechanical, means. It is shown not only that these attempts have failed to achieve their purpose but also that there are possibilities of environmental backlashes being caused by the introduction of chemicals or bioagents into the environment. The importance developing environmentally safe methods of utilization Salvinia has been stressed, so that the cost of mechanical removal of the weed can be offset by the profits earned through its utilization.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1986 , pp. 235 - 241
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1986

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