Host specificity of the Asian weevil, Rhinoncomimus latipes Korotyaev (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a potential biological control agent of mile-a-minute weed, Polygonum perfoliatum L. (Polygonales: Polygonaceae)

Biological Control

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 511-522

  Colpetzer, Keith ^a,c   Hough Goldstein, Judith ^a   Ding, Jianqing ^b,d   Fu, Weidong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical biological control; Homorosoma chinensis; Host range; Mile a minute weed; Polygonum perfoliatum; Rhinoncomimus latipes; Weed biological control; Weevil

Indexed keywords

CARYOPHYLLALES; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; HOMOROSOMA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; MIKANIA MICRANTHA; POLYGONACEAE; POLYGONUM; POLYGONUM PERFOLIATUM; RHINONCOMIMUS LATIPES;

EID: 2342534478     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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