The biology of Australian weeds Volume 2 Edited by F.D. Panetta, R.H. Groves and R.C.H. Shepherd ISBN 0958743908, published in 1998 by R.G. and F.J. Richardson, soft cover, section sewn, 327 pages Price $A85.00 plus $A11 postage within Australia, overseas postage please request a quote

Detailed reviews on seventeen more of Australia's worst weeds: name; taxonomy; description; history; distribution; habitat; growth and development; reproduction; hybrids; population dynamics; genetics; importance; legislation; weed management - herbicides, other treatments, natural enemies, integrated pest management; references.

Table of contents

• Preface
• Acacia nilotica ssp. indica (prickly acacia)
• Cabomba caroliniana (cabomba, fanwort)
• Cassinia arcuata (sifton bush)
• Chrysanthemoides monilifera (boneseed, bitou bush)
• Cryptostegia grandiflora (rubber vine)
• Cytisus scoparius ssp. scoparius (broom)
• Emex australis (doublegee, spiny emex, three-cornered jack)
• Hypochoeris radicata (catsear)
• Lantana camara (lantana)
• Oxalis pes-caprae (soursob)
• Parthenium hysterophorus (parthenium weed)
• Phragmites australis (common reed)
• Raphanus raphanistrum (wild radish)
• Rubus fruticosus (European blackberry)
• Senecio madagascariensis (fireweed)
• Ulex europaeus (gorse, furse)
• Vulpia bromoides and V. myuros (squirrel-tail and rat's-tail fescue)
• About the authors
• Original publications
• Index