Gunkel, R.C. and J. W. Barko, 1998. An Overview of the Aquatic Plant Control Research Program, US Army Corps of Engineers.

Reprinted from Journal of Aquatic Plant Management (1998) 36(1): 23-24

An Overview of the Aquatic Plant Control Research Program

Abstract
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (CE) Aquatic Plant Control Research Program (APCRP) is the Nation's only fed erally authorized research program directed to develop technology for the management of non-indigenous aquatic plant species. The APCRP is designed to provide effective, economical, and environmentally compatible methods for assessing and managing problem aquatic plants that interfere with the valued uses of the waterways of the United States. Research efforts are currently focused on the development of advanced management strategies and applications for the submersed aquatic plants, hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle) and Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum L.). The APCRP is committed to the development, transfer, and implementation of aquatic plant management technologies, and will continue to lead the Nation in the future.

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Contact: Robert Gunkel, US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, ATTN: CEWES-EV-E, 3909 Halls Ferry Road, Vicksburg, MS 39180
Keywords: Aquatic_plant_management, Hydrilla
Product Type: Research, Control
User Type: Resource Management