Hydrilla the perfect aquatic weed, becomes more noxious than ever

Outlooks on Pest Management

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 277-282

  Dayan, Franck E ^a,b   Netherland, Michael D ^a,b  

^a NATURAL PRODUCTS UTILIZATION RESEARCH UNIT   (United States)

^b USAE ERDC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic weed; Herbicide resistance; Invasive species; Molecular adaptation; Nonindigenous species; Somatic mutations

Indexed keywords

EID: 31344466798     PISSN: 17431026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1564/16dec11     Document Type: Article

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