Field efficacy and predicted host range of the pickerelweed borer, Bellura densa, a potential biological control agent of water hyacinth

BioControl

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 231-243

  Center, Ted D ^a   Hill, Martin P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PLANT PROTECTION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Araceae; Bellura densa; Biological control; Host specificity; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae; Pickerelweed; Pontederiaceae; Taro; Water hyacinth

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST RANGE; WEED CONTROL;

AFRICA; UNITED STATES;

ARACEAE; BELLURA; BELLURA DENSA; COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HYACINTHUS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PELTANDRA VIRGINICA; PONTEDERIA; PONTEDERIA CORDATA; PONTEDERIACEAE;

EID: 0036216871     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014579406894     Document Type: Article

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9. Life history and some factors affecting the population of Arzama densa in Louisiana