Host range, release, and establishment of Sericothrips staphylinus haliday (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) as a biological control agent for gorse, Ulex europaeus L. (Fabaceae), in New Zealand and Hawaii

Biological Control

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 63-74

  Hill, R L ^a   Markin, G P ^b   Gourlay, A H ^a   Fowler, S V ^c   Yoshioka, E ^d  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c CABI   (United Kingdom)

^d Hawaii Department of Agriculture   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Gorse; Hawaii; Host range testing; New Zealand; Sericothrips staphylinus; Ulex europaeus; Weeds

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; EGG PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FERTILITY; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HOST; HOST RANGE; NEW ZEALAND; PLANT DAMAGE; PORTUGAL; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WEED CONTROL;

CHAMAECYTISUS; CHAMAECYTISUS PALMENSIS; FABACEAE; SERICOTHRIPS; SERICOTHRIPS STAPHYLINUS; THRIPIDAE; THYSANOPTERA; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0034997060     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/bcon.2000.0917     Document Type: Article

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