Impact of Galerucella birmanica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) on growth and seed production of Trapa natans

Biological Control

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 338-345

  Ding, Jianqing ^a   Blossey, Bernd ^a   Du, Yuzhou ^b   Zheng, Fushan ^b  

^a Invasive Plants Program   (United States)

^b YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biological weed control; Herbivory; Invasion; Plant insect interaction; Water chestnut

Indexed keywords

CHRYSOMELIDAE; COLEOPTERA; GALERUCELLA BIRMANICA; INSECTA; TRAPA; TRAPA NATANS;

EID: 33646174537     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2005.12.003     Document Type: Article

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