Failure of Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a biological control agent of waterhyacinth, to persist on pickerelweed, a non-target host in South Africa, after forced establishment

Biological Control

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 229-236

  Coetzee, Julie ^a   Byrne, Marcus ^a   Hill, Martin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Eccritotarsus catarinensis; Eichhornia crassipes; Host specificity; Non establishment; Pontederia cordata

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; ECCRITOTARSUS CATARINENSIS; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; PONTEDERIA; PONTEDERIA CORDATA;

EID: 0141788255     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1049-9644(03)00090-2     Document Type: Article

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