Release and establishment of diffuse and spotted knapweed biocontrol agents by USDA, APHIS, PPQ, in the United States

Pan-Pacific Entomologist

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 197-218

  Lang, Ronald F ^a   Richard, Robert D ^b   Parker, Paul E ^b   Wendel, Lloyd ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Centaurea; Diffuse; Insect; Insecta; Knapweed; Spotted

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034287197     PISSN: 00310603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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