The effect of temperature on the development and survival of agasicles hygrophila selman & vogt (coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), a biological control agent for alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-20

  Stewart, C A ^a,b   Chapman, R B ^a   Emberson, R M ^a   Syrett, P ^c   Frampton, C M A ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agasicles hygrophila; Alligator weed; Alternanthera philoxeroides; Biological control; Low temperature survival; Lower temperature development threshold; Temperature development

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WEED CONTROL;

NEW ZEALAND;

AGASICLES HYGROPHILA; ALTERNANTHERA PHILOXEROIDES; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 0032880540     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.1999.9518172     Document Type: Article

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