Biological control of three floating water weeds, Eichhornia crassipes, Pistia stratiotes, and Salvinia molesta in the Republic of Congo

BioControl

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 635-645

  Mbati, G ^a   Neuenschwander, P ^b  

^a Ministère de l'Economie Forestière et de l'Environnement   (Congo)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL AGRICULTURE   (Benin)

Author keywords

Araceae; Biological control; Coleoptera; Congo; Curculionidae; Cyrtobagous salviniae; Eichhornia crassipes; Floating water weeds; Neochetina spp.; Neohydronomus affinis; Pistia stratiotes; Pontederiaceae; Salvinia molesta; Salviniaceae

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC PLANT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; WEED CONTROL;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ARACEAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYRTOBAGOUS SALVINIAE; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; ELODEA; FILICOPHYTA; LACTUCA; NEOCHETINA; NEOCHETINA BRUCHI; NEOCHETINA EICHHORNIAE; NEOHYDRONOMUS AFFINIS; PISTIA STRATIOTES; PONTEDERIACEAE; SALVINIA MOLESTA; SALVINIACEAE;

EID: 23744500091     PISSN: 13866141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10526-004-5863-1     Document Type: Article

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