Importation, rearing, release and establishment of Neochetina bruchi (Coleoptera Curculionidae) for the biological control of waterhyacinth in México

Journal of Aquatic Plant Management

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 140-143

  Martinez Jimenez M ^b   Gutierrez Lopez E ^b   Huerto Delgadillo, R ^b   Ruiz Franco E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MEXICANO DE TECNOLOGÍA DEL AGUA   (Mexico)

^b NONE

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