Compatibility of two herbicides with Cyphocleonus achates (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) and Agapeta zoegana (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), two root insects introduced for biological control of spotted knapweed

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 373-378

  Story, J M ^a   Stougaard, R N ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agapeta zoegana; Biological control; Centaurea maculosa; Cyphocleonus achates; Herbicides

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CANOPY; FIELD METHOD; HERBICIDE; INSECT; LARVA; ROOT; WEED;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AGAPETA ZOEGANA; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA MACULOSA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; CYPHOCLEONUS ACHATES; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 33750221447     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X-35.2.373     Document Type: Article

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