Invertebrate fauna associated with torpedograss, Panicum repens (Cyperales: Poaceae), in Lake Okeechobee, Florida, and prospects for biological control

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 238-248

  Cuda, J P ^a   Dunford, J C ^a   Leavengood Jr , J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Domestic survey; Herbivory; Invasive weed; Weed biocontrol

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; FAUNA; HERBIVORY; INVERTEBRATE; NEMATODE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; LAKE OKEECHOBEE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACARI; ARTHROPODA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA; PANICUM REPENS; POACEAE; POALES; PRATYLENCHUS;

EID: 34147154968     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2007)90[238:IFAWTP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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