Assessing the impact of a native parasitic plant, Cassytha pubescens, on the weeds gorse (Ulex europaeus) and English broom (Cytisus scoparius).

每年入侵植物给澳大利亚造成数十亿美元的损失，包括与控制入侵植物相关的成本，以及农业生产损失和本地生态系统退化。两种特别有害的植物是金雀花和金雀花。金雀花造成的问题是如此严重，它已被认定为国家重要杂草（联邦环境和遗产部）。生物防治工作很少使用本地药剂，甚至更少使用寄生植物。该项目将有助于开发利用本地寄生植物控制两种有害物种的策略。

Each year invasive plants cost Australia billions of dollars through costs associated with their control and through lost agricultural production and degradation of native ecosystems. Two particularly damaging plants are gorse and broom. The problems gorse causes are so serious that it has been recognized as a Weed of National Significance (Federal Department of Environment and Heritage). Biological control efforts have seldom use native agents, and even less often, parasitic plants. This project will help to develop strategies for the control of two noxious species using a native parsitic plant.