UF/IFAS Researchers Try to Cut Costs to Control Aquatic Invasive Plants in Florida
Tuesday, June 28, 2016 - 08:41
in Mathematics & Economics
From 2008 to 2015, state and federal water resource managers spent about $125 million to control invasive aquatic plants in Florida, according to an April Extension document co-written by Lyn Gettys, a UF/IFAS assistant professor of agronomy and aquatic weed specialist. Of all the invasive plants in Florida's waterways, hydrilla costs the most to contain -- $66 million over a seven-year period.