Assessment of risk to native Frankenia shrubs from an Asian leaf beetle, Diorhabda elongata deserticola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), introduced for biological control of saltcedars (Tamarix spp.) in the western United States

Biological Control

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 148-166

  Lewis, Phil A ^a,d   DeLoach, C Jack ^a   Herr, John C ^b   Dudley, Tom L ^c   Carruthers, Raymond I ^b  

^a Grassland Soil and Water Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocontrol nontarget impacts; Classical biocontrol; Diorhabda elongata deserticola; Frankenia; Insect host range; Riparian ecosystems; Saltcedar; Tamarix; Weeds

Indexed keywords

CHEN; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DIORHABDA ELONGATA; FRANKENIA; FRANKENIACEAE; INSECTA; RIPARIA; TAMARICACEAE; TAMARIX; TAMARIX CANARIENSIS; TAMARIX CHINENSIS; TAMARIX PARVIFLORA; TAMARIX RAMOSISSIMA;

EID: 0038561219     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00004-5     Document Type: Article

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