Host range of Boreioglycaspis melaleucae moore (Hemiptera: Psyllidae), a potential biocontrol agent of Melaleuca quinquenervia (Cav.) S.T. Blake (Myrtaceae), under quarantine

Biological Control

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 273-292

  Wineriter, Susan A ^a,b   Buckingham, Gary R ^a   Frank, J Howard ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreioglycaspis; Host range; Melaleuca; Myrtaceae; Psyllidae; Weed biological control

Indexed keywords

BOREIOGLYCASPIS; BOREIOGLYCASPIS MELALEUCAE; CALLISTEMON; CALLISTEMON CITRINUS; HEMIPTERA; INSECTA; MELALEUCA; MELALEUCA CITRINUS; MELALEUCA NODOSA; MELALEUCA QUINQUENERVIA; MELALEUCA VIRIDIFLORA; MYRTACEAE; PSYLLIDAE;

EID: 0038622006     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00025-2     Document Type: Article

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