Leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula) genotype affects gall midge (Spurgia esulae) establishment

Weed Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 629-633

  Lym, Rodney G ^a   Nissen, Scott J ^b,c   Rowe, Martha L ^b   Lee, Donald J ^b   Masters, Robert A ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; cpDNA; EPHES; genetic markers; rangeland weed control; RFLP

Indexed keywords

EUPHORBIA ESULA; SPURGIA ESULAE;

EID: 0029831498     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0043174500094455     Document Type: Article

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