Clover root weevil in the South Island: Detection, response and current distribution

New Zealand Plant Protection

Volumn 60, Issue , 2007, Pages 209-216

  Phillips, C B ^a   Mcneill, M R ^a   Hardwick, S ^a   Vink, C J ^a   Kean, J M ^a   Bewsell, D ^a   Ferguson, C M ^b   Winder, L M ^a   Iline, I I ^a   Barron, M C ^a   Stuart, B ^c  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b INVERMAY AGRICULTURAL CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c New Zealand Landcare Trust   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biosecurity; Dispersal; Risk perception; Spread; Surveillance; White clover

Indexed keywords

MICROCTONUS AETHIOPOIDES; SITONA HISPIDULUS; SITONA LEPIDUS; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM REPENS;

EID: 34548762444     PISSN: 11759003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30843/nzpp.2007.60.4622     Document Type: Article

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