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Pistia stratiotes L. is a free-floating water-weed, common on many waters in West Africa. It is capable of rapid vegetative reproduction by offshoots, and concern has been expressed over a possible infestation of the lake behind the newly closed Kainji dam on the River Niger in Nigeria where the plant is now accumulating. Our discovery of the cause of a die-back of this plant which occurs annually on enclosed and permanent waters in the Ibadan area of Western State, Nigeria, offers some hope, however, that the plant could be controlled biologically on Kainji Lake.
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PETTET, A., PETTET, S. Biological Control of Pistia stratiotes L. in Western State, Nigeria. Nature 226, 282 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226282a0
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