Developmental performance of the weevil Euhrychiopsis lecontei on native and exotic watermilfoil host plants

Journal of the North American Benthological Society

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 627-634

  Newman, Raymond M ^a   Borman, Margaret E ^a,b   Castro, Sebastian W ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Development times; Euhrychiopsis lecontei; Growth; Herbivory; Host shift; Macrophytes; Myriophyllum sibiricum; Myriophyllum spicatum

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL TIME; EURASIAN WATERMILFOIL; HOST PLANT; NORTHERN WATERMILFOIL; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; EUHRYCHIOPSIS LECONTEI; MYRIOPHYLLUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SIBIRICUM; MYRIOPHYLLUM SPICATUM;

EID: 0030931924     PISSN: 08873593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1468149     Document Type: Article

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