Suitability of Metriona elatior (Klug) (coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: cassidinae) as a biological control agent for Solanum sisymbriifolium lam. (Solanaceae)

African Entomology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-123

  Hill, M P ^a   Hulley, P E ^b  

^a PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

biological control; host range; Metriona elatior; Solanum sisymbriifolium

Indexed keywords

CASSIDINAE; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; ELATIOR; INSECTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MELONGENA; METRIONA; METRIONA ELATIOR; SOLANACEAE; SOLANUM MELONGENA; SOLANUM SISYMBRIIFOLIUM;

EID: 0030480926     PISSN: 10213589     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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