Importance of long-term research in classical biological control: An analytical review of a release against the cabbage seedpod weevil in North America

Journal of Applied Entomology

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 401-409

  Gillespie, D R ^a   Mason, P G ^a   Dosdall, L M ^b   Bouchard, P ^a   Gibson, G A P ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cabbage seedpod weevil; Ceutorhynchinae; Ceutorhynchus assimilis; Classical biological control; Parasitoids; Pteromalidae; Stenomalina gracilis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; INVASIVE SPECIES; PARASITISM; PARASITOID; PEST CONTROL; TAXONOMY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA RAPA; BRASSICA RAPA SUBSP. RAPA; BRASSICACEAE; CEUTORHYNCHUS OBSTRICTUS; CURCULIONIDAE; EULOPHIDAE; EUPELMIDAE; EUPELMUS VESICULARIS; MESOPOLOBUS; NECREMNUS; PTEROMALIDAE; RAPHANUS RAPHANISTRUM; RAPHANUS SATIVUS; TRICHOMALUS; TRICHOMALUS PERFECTUS;

EID: 33748356281     PISSN: 09312048     EISSN: 14390418     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0418.2006.01085.x     Document Type: Review

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