Host Specificity of Contains tamarisci (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) from France: Potential Biological Control Agent of Tamarix spp. in the United States

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 349-356

  Fornasari, Luca ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Coniatus tamarisci; Saltcedar; Tamarix

Indexed keywords

APHYLLA; COLEOPTERA; CONIATUS; CONIATUS TAMARISCI; CURCULIONIDAE; MYRICARIA GERMANICA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX; TAMARIX APHYLLA; TAMARIX PARVIFLORA; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 0001924222     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.2.349     Document Type: Article

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