Host plant specificity and potential impact of Aceria salsolae (Acari: Eriophyidae), an agent proposed for biological control of Russian thistle (Salsola tragus)

Biological Control

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-92

  Smith, Lincoln ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control of weeds; Classical biological control; Host range; Mite; Tumbleweed

Indexed keywords

ACARI; ACER PENSYLVANICUM; ACERIA; ACERIA SALSOLAE; CIRSIUM; ERIOPHYIDAE; HALOGETON GLOMERATUS; KALI; SALSOLA; SALSOLA COLLINA; SALSOLA KALI; SALSOLA PAULSENII; SALSOLA SODA; SALSOLA TRAGUS; TRAGUS;

EID: 20444473202     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.03.003     Document Type: Article

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