Assessing potential biological control of the invasive plant, tree-of-heaven, Ailanthus altissima

Biocontrol Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 547-566

  Ding, Jianqing ^a,c   Wu, Yun ^b   Zheng, Hao ^a   Fu, Weidong ^a   Reardon, Richard ^b   Liu, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ailanthus altissima; Atteva punctella; Biological control of weeds; Eucryptorrhynchus brandti; Eucryptorrhynchus chinensis; Invasive plant

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DECIDUOUS TREE; INVASIVE SPECIES; WEED CONTROL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA;

AECIDIUM; AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; ARTHROPODA; ATTEVA PUNCTELLA; COLEOSPORIUM; CURCULIONIDAE; FUNGI; FUSARIUM; FUSARIUM SP.; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LYCORMA DELICATULA; NARCISSUS; POTYVIRUS; SAMIA CYNTHIA; UREDINALES;

EID: 33745137428     PISSN: 09583157     EISSN: 13600478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09583150500531909     Document Type: Review

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