Current status of the stem-boring weevil Listronotus setosipennis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) introduced against the weed Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae) in Australia

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-12

  Dhileepan, K ^a,b  

^a QLD Dept of Nat Rsrc and Mines   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Biocontrol; Impact assessment; Listronotus setosipennis; Parthenium hysterophorus; Stem boring weevil; Weed

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; STEM BORER; WEED CONTROL;

AUSTRALIA;

ASTERACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; LISTRONOTUS; PARTHENIUM; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS;

EID: 0037302809     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0958315021000054340     Document Type: Article

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