Biological control: A promising tool for managing bridal creeper, Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce, in Australia

Plant Protection Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 69-77

  Morin, Louise ^a,b   Neave, Michael ^a   Batchelor, Kathryn ^a   Reid, Adele ^a,b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b The CRC for Australian Weed Management   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGUS; ASPARAGUS ASPARAGOIDES; COLEOPTERA; CRIOCERIS; FUNGI; PUCCINIA MYRSIPHYLLI; UREDINALES; ZYGINA;

EID: 33748919147     PISSN: 08152195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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