Suitability of the North American Weeds Sesbania exaltata and S. drummondii (Leguminosae) as Hosts for Neodiplogrammus quadrivittatus and Trichapion lativentre (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Argentina

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 343-348

  Logarzo, Guillermo A ^a   Casalinuovo, Miguel A ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Biological control; Neodiplogrammus quadrivittatus; Sesbania; South america; Trichapion lativentre; Weevil

Indexed keywords

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FABACEAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; NEODIPLOGRAMMUS; NEODIPLOGRAMMUS QUADRIVITTATUS; SESBANIA DRUMMONDII; SESBANIA HERBACEA; SESBANIA PUNICEA; TRICHAPION; TRICHAPION LATIVENTRE;

EID: 0642273307     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ee/26.2.343     Document Type: Article

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