Impact of the biocontrol agent Eccritotarsus catarinensis, a sap-feeding mirid, on the competitive performance of waterhyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes

Biological Control

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 90-96

  Coetzee, Julie A ^a   Center, Ted D ^b   Byrne, Marcus J ^a   Hill, Martin P ^c  

^a Sch Vet Med Univ W   (United States)

^b INVASIVE PLANT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biological control; Competition; Eccritotarsus catarinensis; Eichhornia crassipes; Herbivory; Pistia stratiotes; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PISTIA STRATIOTES; STRATIOTES;

EID: 11144335386     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.08.001     Document Type: Article

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