Potential of Prokelisia spp. as biological control agents of English cordgrass, Spartina anglica

Biological Control

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 267-273

  Wu, Mei Yin ^a   Hacker, Sally ^b   Ayres, Debra ^c   Strong, Donald R ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordgrass; Delphacidae; Homoptera; Invasive species; Prokelisia spp. biological control; Puget Sound; Salt marsh; Spartina anglica; Washington State

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENOTYPE; PLANT ANIMAL INTERACTION; PLANT PEST INTERACTION;

ANIMALIA; ARCHAEORRHYNCHA; DELPHACIDAE; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; PROKELISIA; SPARTINA; SPARTINA ANGLICA;

EID: 0032696325     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1999.0752     Document Type: Article

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