Growth and development of the knapweed root weevil, Cyphocleonus achates, on a meridic larval diet

Biological Control

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 238-246

  Goodman, Cynthia L ^a   Phipps, Sarah J ^b   Wagner, Renée M ^a,c   Peters, Paula ^a,b   Wright, Maureen Knop ^a   Nabli, Henda ^b,d   Saathoff, Steve ^a   Vickers, Bradley ^a   Grasela, James J ^a   McIntosh, Arthur H ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^d University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult emergence; Asteraceae; Biological control; Centaurea maculosa; Curculionidae; Cyphocleonus achates; Knapweed; Morphology; Root weevil; Sex traits; Weed

Indexed keywords

ASTERACEAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYPHOCLEONUS ACHATES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA;

EID: 29244478304     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.09.016     Document Type: Article

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