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Blueberry Progress Reports, James F. Dill, H Y. Forsythe Jr, Kathy Flanders, Frank L. Caruso, Michael G. Zuck, Gwen Wilcox, John M. Smagula, Edward J. Mclaughlin, Mike Goltz, Jeff Risser, Delmont Emerson, John Harker, Judy Gates, Sharon Roberts, Amr A. Ismail, David E. Yarborough, Delmont C. Emerson, Tom Cs Yang

Wild Blueberry Research Reports

The 1983 edition of the Blueberry Progress Reports was prepared for the Maine Blueberry Commission and the University of Maine Blueberry Advisory Committee by researchers with the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station and Maine Cooperative Extension Service at the University of Maine, Orono. Projects in this report include:

1. Introduction

2. Forest Tent Caterpillar in Blueberries

3. Control, Biology, and Ecology of Insects Affecting Lowbush Blueberries

4. Blueberry Diseases: Incidence and Control

5. Physiology and Culture of the Lowbush Blueberry

6. Weed Control in Lowbush Blueberry Fields

7. Product Development of Lowbush Blueberries

Research On Declared Plants And Other Weeds, G. A. Pearce

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Knowledge about weeds is necessary to assess their significance, devise control measures and to select those which are to be declared for the purposes of the Agricultural and Related Resources Protection Act.

Once a plant has been declared in Western Australia, all landowners must control and prevent its spread to new areas and work towards eradicating known infestations. The Act also declares plants which are prohibited from entering the State.

It is becoming more and more important to provide specific reasons for the declaration of a weed and its placement in a certain category. Such decisions require appropriate action to …