Host specificity of Metriona elatior, a potential biological control agent of tropical soda apple, Solanum viarum, in the USA

BioControl

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 421-436

  Medal, J C ^a   Pitelli, R A ^b   Santana, A ^b   Gandolfo, D ^c   Gravena, R ^b   Habeck, D H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c USDA ARS S Amer Biol Contr Lab   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Classical biological control; Solanaceae

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001409304     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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