The potential for biological control of water primrose (Ludwigia grandiflora) by the water primrose flea beetle (Lysathia ludoviciana) in the Southeastern United States

Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 74-76

  Mcgregor, Monte A ^a   Bayne, D R ^a   Steeger, J G ^a   Webber, E C ^a   Reutebuch, E ^a  

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