Host specificity of Mogulones cruciger (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a biocontrol agent for houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale), with emphasis on testing of native North American Boraginaceae

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 293-306

  De Clerck Floate, R ^a   Schwarzlander M ^b  

^a LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b CABI   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biological control; Boraginaceae; Cynoglossum officinale; Host specificity testing; Houndstongue; Mogulones cruciger; Non target attack

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOST SPECIFICITY; NONTARGET ORGANISM;

NORTH AMERICA;

BORAGINACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CRYPTANTHA; CRYPTANTHA CRASSIPES; CURCULIONIDAE; CYNOGLOSSUM; CYNOGLOSSUM OFFICINALE; HACKELIA; INSECTA; LAPPULA; PLAGIOBOTHRYS;

EID: 0036106453     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150220128095     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Cynoglossum officinale toxicity in calves
2. Open field host-specificity tests: Is 'natural' good enough for risk assessment?
3. Open-field host-specificity testing for potential biological control agents of Onopordum thistles
4. Rank transformations as a bridge between parametric and nonparametric statistics
5. Field observations of non-target feeding by Galerucella calmariensis (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), an introduced biological control agent of purple loosestrife, Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae)
6. Open-field tests in host-specificity determination of insects for biological control of weeds
7. Current problems in host-specificity screening
8. Cattle as dispersers of hound's-tongue on rangeland in southeastern British Columbia
9. Cynoglossum officinale (L.), houndstongue (Boraginaceae)
10. Population ecology of the biennials Cirsium vulgare and Cynoglossum officinale in a coastal sand-dune area
11. Biology and control of houndstongue (Cynoglossum officinale)
12. New and exotic weeds of Montana: Migration and distribution 100 of alien weeds in North Western USA, 1881-1980
13. Ceutorhynchus cruciger Herbst (Coleoptera, Curculionidae): A candidate for the biological control of hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale L., Boraginaceae) in Canada
14. Cynoglossum officinale (hound's-tongue) - A cause of pyrrolizidine alkaloid poisoning in horses
15. Negative ecological effects of the musk thistle biological control agent, Rhinocyllus conicus
16. Ecological effects of an insect introduced for the biological control of weeds
17. The design and interpretation of host-specificity tests for weed biological control with particular reference to insect behaviour
18. Why things bite back: Unintended consequences of biological weed control
19. Biological control of weeds
20. Predictable risk to native plants in weed biological control
21. Size-dependent root herbivory on Cynoglossum officinale
22. Host specificity of Longitarsus quadriguttatus Pont., a below-ground herbivore for the biological control of houndstongue
23. Investigations on Mogulones cruciger Hbst (Coleoptera, Curculionidae), a candidate for the biological control of hounds-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale L.)
24. Bionomics of Mogulones cruciger (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a below-ground herbivore for the biological control of hound's-tongue
25. How risky is biological control?
26. Pyrrole detection and the pathologic progression of Cynoglossum officinale (houndstongue) poisoning in horses
27. Fear no weevil?
28. Distribution, biology, and control of hound's-tongue in British Columbia
29. The biology of Canadian weeds. 87, Cynoglossum officinale L.
30. A strategy for evaluating the safety of organisms for biological weed control
31. A testing sequence for reducing rejection of potential biological control agents for weeds