Host specificity of the Argentine root-boring weevil, Heilipodus ventralis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential biocontrol agent for snakeweeds (Gutierrezia: Asteraceae) in western North American rangelands - U.S. quarantine tests

Biological Control

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 185-209

  DeLoach, C Jack ^a   Cuda, James P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control weeds; Broomweed; Grindelia; Gutierrezia; Heilipodus ventralis; Rangeland weeds; Snakeweed; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MEXICO; UNITED STATES;

ANTHEMIDEAE; ARGENTINA (FISH); ASTER; ASTERACEAE; BACCHARIS; BRICKELLIA; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; GRINDELIA; GRINDELIA LANCEOLATA; GUTIERREZIA; GUTIERREZIA GRANDIS; GUTIERREZIA MICROCEPHALA; GUTIERREZIA SAROTHRAE; GYMNOSPERMA; GYMNOSPERMA GLUTINOSUM; HEILIPODUS; HEILIPODUS VENTRALIS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LANCEOLATA; MICROCEPHALA;

EID: 0032809745     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1998.0684     Document Type: Article

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