Host specificity of Heteroperreyia hubrichi malaise (Hymenoptera: Pergidae), a potential biological control agent of Brazilian peppertree (Schinus terebinthifolius raddi)

Biological Control

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 60-65

  Medal, J C ^a   Vitorino, M D ^b   Habeck, D H ^a   Gillmore, J L ^a   Pedrosa, J H ^b   De Sousa, L P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anacardiaceae; Classical biological control; Heteroperreyia hubrichi; Host specificity; Schinus terebin thifolius; Weed control

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BRAZIL; HOST SPECIFICITY; PESTICIDE PRODUCTION; QUARANTINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; EUGENIA UNIFLORA; HETEROPERREYIA HUBRICHI; MANGIFERA INDICA; PISTACIA CHINENSIS; RHUS COPALLINA; SCHINUS MOLLE; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS; TOXICODENDRON TOXICARIUM; TOXICODENDRON VERNIX;

EID: 0032958930     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.1998.0670     Document Type: Article

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