Melaleuca Annual 

Report 2000

Invasive Plant Research Laboratory

3205 College Ave. 
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 
Phone (954) 475-0541 
Fax (954) 476-9169 

adminfl@saa.ars.usda.gov 

Table of Contents 

         I.         Executive Summary

II.        Understanding the Ecology of Melaleuca quinquenervia

       III.       Evaluating the Efficacy of Oxyops vitiosa in Florida

       IV.       The Influence of Host Plant Quality

       V.         Biological Control Agents Being Considered for Use in Florida  

                                Pathogens
                                The Fergusonina/Fergiusobia gall-forming complex
                                Melaleuca quarantine research

       VI.         Searching for Additional Biological Control Agents in Australia

       VII.         References

       VIII.         Melaleuca Project Publications

Biological Control of  Melaleuca quinquenervia 

Research Collaborators:

USDA Agricultural Research Service, Invasive Plant Research Lab, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Dr. Ted D. Center                        Dr. Paul D. Pratt
Dr. Gary R. Buckingham             Dr. Greg S. Wheeler
Dr. Thai K. Van                            Mr. F. Allen Dray Jr.
 
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Australian Biological Control Lab, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Dr. John A. Goolsby
 
University of Florida, Institute of Food & Agricultural Sciences, 
Fort Lauderdale Research & Education Center, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Dr. Min B. Rayachhetry      Dr. Robin M. Giblin-Davis
Ms. Barbara Center             Ms. Susan Wineriter
             Matt Fain             Donna Williams
 
Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Mr. Matthew Purcell             Mr. Jeff Makinson            
                   
Adelaide University, Department of Applied and Molecular Ecology, Waite Campus, 
Glen Osmund, South Australia
Dr. Kerrie A. Davies                  Dr. Gary L. Taylor
 
USDA Agricultural Research Service, Systematic Entomology Laboratory,Beltsville, Maryland
Dr. Sonja Scheffer
 
University of Missouri, School of Molecular and Biological Sciences, Kansas City, Missouri
Dr. W. Kelley Thomas                 Ms. Krystalynne Morris