Biology, host specificity tests, and risk assessment of the sawfly Heteroperreyia hubrichi, a potential biological control agent of Schinus terebinthifolius in Hawaii

BioControl

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 461-476

  Hight, Stephen D ^b   Horiuchi, Ivan ^c   Vitorino, Marcelo D ^a   Wikler, Charles ^a   Pedrosa Macedo, José H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FLORIDA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Anacardiaceae; Brazilian peppertree; Christmasberry; Classical biological control; Heteroperreyia hubrichi; Host specificity; Non target impacts; Rhus sandwicensis; Risk assessment; Schinus terebinthifolius

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HOST SPECIFICITY; NONTARGET ORGANISM; POTENTIAL BIOCONTROL AGENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEED CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

ANACARDIACEAE; HAWAIIA; HEDERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; PERGIDAE; RHUS; RHUS SANDWICENSIS; SAPINDALES; SCHINUS; SCHINUS TEREBINTHIFOLIUS;

EID: 0042066736     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024734508842     Document Type: Article

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