The influence of hydrilla leaf quality on larval growth and development of the biological control agent Hydrellia pakistanae (Diptera: Ephydridae)

Biological Control

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-9

  Wheeler, G S ^a   Center, T D ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

aquatic weed; biological control of weeds; Ephydridae; Hydrellia pakistanae; hydrilla; leaf toughness; nitrogen; submersed macrophyte

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN;

AQUATIC FLORA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BIOMASS; FLY; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PLANT LEAF;

EID: 0030219841     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1996.0056     Document Type: Article

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