Potential impact of native natural enemies on Galerucella spp. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) imported for biological control of purple loosestrife: A field evaluation

Biological Control

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 60-66

  Nechols, James R ^a   Obrycki, John J ^b   Tauber, Catherine A ^c   Tauber, Maurice J ^c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

classical biological control; Coleomegilla maculata; colonization; Galerucella calmariensis; Galerucella nymphaeae; Galerucella pusilla; Lythrum salicaria; predators; purple loosestrife; weeds

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COLEOPTERA; LARVA; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PLANT; PREDATOR; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030218879     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0065     Document Type: Article

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