Postrelease evaluation of Mecinus janthinus host specificity, a biological control agent for invasive toadflax (Linaria spp.)

Weed Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 164-168

  Breiter, Nehalem C ^a,b   Seastedt, Timothy R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Native flora; Nontarget herbivory; Scrophulariaceae; Weed biological control

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HERBIVORY; HOST SPECIFICITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; STEM BORER; WEED; WEED CONTROL;

COLORADO; FRONT RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

LINARIA; LINARIA DALMATICA; MECINUS; SCROPHULARIACEAE;

EID: 34247093215     PISSN: 00431745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1614/WS-06-093.1     Document Type: Article

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