Effect of summer drought relief on the impact of the root weevil Cyphocleonus achates on spotted knapweed

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 858-863

  Corn, Janelle G ^a   Story, Jim M ^a   White, Linda J ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological control; Centaurea stoebe; Cyphocleonus achates; Noxious weed; Summer drought

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; DROUGHT; SEASON; WEED;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; CENTAUREA; DISASTER; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; SEASON; TIME;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; CENTAUREA; NATURAL DISASTERS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT STEMS; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; CURCULIONIDAE; CYPHOCLEONUS ACHATES;

EID: 34548167286     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0046-225X(2007)36[858:EOSDRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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