Biomass and photosynthetic productivity of water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) as affected by nutrient supply and mirid (Eccritotarus catarinensis) biocontrol

Biological Control

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 392-400

  Ripley, B S ^a   Muller, E ^a   Behenna, M ^a   Whittington Jones, G M ^a   Hill, M P ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a fluorescence; Eccritotarsus catarinensis; Eichhornia crassipes; Mirid; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Photosynthesis; Water hyacinth

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPODA; ECCRITOTARSUS CATARINENSIS; EICHHORNIA; EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES; HEXAPODA; HYACINTHUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 33750466499     PISSN: 10499644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocontrol.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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