Field cage assessment of interference among insects attacking seed heads of spotted and diffuse knapweed

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 427-442

  Smith, L ^a   Mayer, M ^b  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Centaurea diffusa; Centaurea maculosa; Centaurea stoebe ssp. micranthos; Herbivore; Interspecific competition; Weed

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INSECT; INTERFERENCE COMPETITION; REPRODUCTION; WEED CONTROL;

BANGASTERNUS; BANGASTERNUS FAUSTI; CAPITULUM; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA DIFFUSA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LARINUS MINUTUS; TEPHRITIDAE; UROPHORA AFFINIS;

EID: 22344432548     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150400016902     Document Type: Article

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