Grant Martin
Scientist
Zoology and Entomology
Rhodes University
South Africa
Biography
Grant completed his PhD at Rhodes University in 2013. He is the lead researcher on the biological control programme against the invasive aquatic weed Sagittaria platyphylla (Delta Arrow head) and is currently investigating the life histories and host ranges of four associated weevil species. Grant has also managed the Rhodes University mass rearing facility and the persons with disabilities programme. The success of these programmes has allowed for mass rearing facilities suitable for employing persons with disabilities to be established in other areas of the country. His other research interests include developing artificial diet for biological control agents and invasive species associated with the mountain grasslands of South Africa.
Research Interest
"Biological control of weeds Abiotic and biotic drivers of species invasions Physiological adaptations to anthropogenic influences "
Publications
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Martin GD, Coetzee JA (2011) Fresh water aquatic plant invasion risks posed by the aquarium trade, aquarists and the internet trade in South Africa. Water SA 37: 371-380.
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Martin GD, Coetzee JA (2012) Competition between two aquatic macrophytes, Lagarosiphon major (Ridley) Moss (Hydrocharitaceae) and Myriophyllum spicatum Linnaeus (Haloragaceae) as influenced by substrate sediment and nutrients. Aquatic Botany 114: 1-11.
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"Martin GD, Coetzee JA, Baars JR (2012) Hydrellia lagarosiphon Deeming (Diptera: Ephydridae), a potential biological control agent for the submerged aquatic weed, Lagarosiphon major (Ridl.) Moss ex Wager (Hydrocharitaceae). Afri Entomol 21: 151-160. "
