Post hoc assessment of an operational biocontrol program: Efficacy of the flea beetle Aphthona lacertosa Rosenhauer (Chrysomelidae: Coleoptera), an introduced biocontrol agent for leafy spurge

Biological Control

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 418-426

  Kalischuk, A R ^a,c   Bourchier, R S ^a   McClay, A S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b ALBERTA RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aphthona lacertosa; Biocontrol; Biological control; Euphorbia esula; Flea beetles; Leafy spurge

Indexed keywords

ALTICINI; APHTHONA; APHTHONA CZWALINAE; APHTHONA LACERTOSA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIA ESULA; EUPHORBIACEAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 1642457267     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2003.08.002     Document Type: Article

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