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Cheng-Li Liu Miguel Acevedo Faramarz Helali Peter Andreas In-Ju Kim Rabiul Ahasan Anil K. Tripathi Isamu Nishida Gregor Harih Stoica George Tal Amasay Brian Rothman Semra Peksoz Ashok Sharma Mahesh Kumar Vyas Arjunsingh Baghel Calatayud Paul Andre MARCO ADAMINA Heba Barazi AEBERSOLD URSULA View MoreJulie Coetzee
Scientist
Zoology and Entomology
Rhodes University
South Africa
Julie completed her PhD at the University of the Witswatersrand in 2003. Currently her research focuses on the biological control of invasive aquatic plants. She started working on biological control agents of water hyacinth in 1998, and has never looked back. Recently she has shifted the focus of her work on floating aquatic plants to submerged aquatic plants. As we have gained excellent control of the floating species, the submerged species have taken advantage of these new habitats, threatening indigenous aquatic flora and fauna. Working on submerged plants is a lot more challenging than on floating plants as we have to find insects that complete their life cycle underwater. This work is allowing us to explore new countries in an attempt to find the best agents for the plants.
"Biological control of weeds Plant-insect interactions Invasion biology Insect physiology Thermal ecology Aquatic plant ecology Species distribution modelling Biostatistics"