Overwintering mortality of and host attack by the stem-boring weevil, Mecinus janthinus germar, on dalmatian toadflax (Linaria dalmatica (l.) Mill.) in western Canada

Biological Control

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-74

  De Clerck Floate, R ^a   Miller, V ^b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold climates; Dalmatian toadflax; Establishment; Freezing intolerance; Host plant attack; Linaria dalmatica; Overwintering mortality; Weed biological control

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; LINARIA; LINARIA DALMATICA; MECINUS; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 0036094441     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00010-5     Document Type: Article

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