{"id":8005,"date":"2026-04-11T07:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T18:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/?page_id=8005"},"modified":"2026-10-13T20:29:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T07:29:01","slug":"rubus-colombia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biosecurity\/volumes\/2026-11\/rubus-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Perspectives in Biosecurity | 2026 | Volume 11 | pp 32\u201340"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"items-justified-center wp-block-navigation is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-5590e8cb wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Perspectives in Biosecurity\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container items-justified-center wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biosecurity\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Home PBS |<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biosecurity\/editorial-board\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Editorial Board |<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biosecurity\/author-guidelines\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Author Guidelines |<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biosecurity\/volumes\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Articles |<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\" wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biosecurity\/editorial-board\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Contact Us<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Research Paper<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biosecurity\/volumes\/2026-11\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"8002\">Volume 11<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comments on three invasive <em>Rubus<\/em> species: <em>Rubus ellipticus<\/em> Smith, <em>Rubus rosifolius<\/em> Smith and <em>Rubus niveus<\/em> Thunb., in Colombia<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9117-6850\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9117-6850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" class=\"wp-image-5587\" style=\"width: 20px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image.png\" alt=\"ORCID\"><\/a> Fernando Ram\u00edrez<sup>1<\/sup>, Jose Kallarackal<sup>2<\/sup><br><br>Affiliations:<br><sup>1<\/sup> Independent Researcher, Bogot\u00e1, Colombia<br><sup>2<\/sup> Hekmas, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirapally 686518, Kerala, India<br>Corresponding author: fernando.ramirez.lopez.p@gmail.com<br><br>Received: 29 January 2026 | Accepted: 10 April 2026 | Published: 12 October 2026<br>Senior Editor: Peter J. de Lange<br><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55457\/pibs.01102\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55457\/pibs.01102<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/PBS-ramirez-n-kallarackal-2026.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"8184\">Download PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>The occurrences of three invasive <em>Rubus <\/em>species, namely <em>Rubus ellipticus <\/em>Smith, <em>Rubus rosifolius <\/em>Smith and <em>Rubus niveus <\/em>Thunb. are analysed in three locations in Colombia. <em>R. ellipticus <\/em>and <em>R. niveus <\/em>are invasive species that form dense patches and threaten native vegetation. Due to their highly invasive nature, these two species should be given high priority in the development of an eradication programme. <em>R. rosifolius <\/em>was not seen to form thickets or to cause major environmental issues.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cite as<\/strong><br>Ram\u00edrez, F. &amp; Kallarackal, J. (2026). Comments on three invasive <em>Rubus<\/em> species: <em>Rubus ellipticus<\/em> Smith, <em>Rubus rosifolius<\/em> Smith and <em>Rubus niveus<\/em> Thunb., in Colombia. <em>Perspectives in Biosecurity<\/em>, 11: 32\u201340. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55457\/pibs.01102\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.55457\/pibs.01102<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Paper Volume 11 Comments on three invasive Rubus species: Rubus ellipticus Smith, Rubus rosifolius Smith and Rubus niveus Thunb., in Colombia Fernando Ram\u00edrez1, Jose Kallarackal2 Affiliations:1 Independent Researcher, Bogot\u00e1, Colombia2 Hekmas, Amal Jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirapally 686518, Kerala,&#8230; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/perspectives-in-biosecurity\/volumes\/2026-11\/rubus-colombia\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":8002,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8005","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8005"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8453,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8005\/revisions\/8453"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitec.ac.nz\/epress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}