Four fungal species, F71PJ
Acremonium
sp., F531
Cylindrocarpon
sp., F542,
Botrytis
sp., and F964
Fusarium culmorum
[Wm. G. Sm.] Sacc. were recovered from hydrilla [
Hydrilla
verticillata
(L. f.) Royle] shoots or from soil and water surrounding
hydrilla growing in ponds and lakes in Florida and
shown to be capable of killing hydrilla in a bioassay. The isolates
were tested singly and in combination with the leaf-mining
fly,
Hydrellia pakistanae
(Diptera: Ephydridae), for their
capability to kill or severely damage hydrilla in a bioassay
