A new perspective on the selection of test plants for evaluating the host-specificity of weed biological control agents: The case of Deuterocampta quadrijuga, a potential insect control agent of Heliotropium amplexicaule

Biological Control

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 273-287

  Briese, D T ^a   Walker, A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biological control; Deuterocampta quadrijuga; Heliotropium amplexicaule; Host specificity testing; Phylogeny

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; HELIOTROPIUM; HELIOTROPIUM AMPLEXICAULE; INSECTA;

EID: 0036425174     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(02)00111-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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