Host Range Studies with Bagous affinis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), an Indian Weevil that Feeds on Hydrilla Tubers

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 469-479

  Buckingham, Gary R ^a   Bennett, Christine A ^b  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic plants; Bagous affinis; Biocontrol; Florida; Hydrilla; Potamogeton; Vallisneria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242409546     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/27.2.469     Document Type: Article

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